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ID: |
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641003 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Galba |
| Date Ruled: |
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A.D. 68-69
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| Denomination: |
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Sestertius |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 68-69 |
| Weight: |
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26.25 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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Sestertius of Divus Augustus |
| Obverse Description: |
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Divus Augustus, radiate, holding laurel branch and sceptre, seated left in quadriga pulled by four elephants, each with a rider |
| Reverse Legend: |
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S C |
| Reverse Description: |
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Legend around large S C; countermarks: GALBA and NER•CPP (NE ligate), both in rectangular incuses |
| CM 1 Description: |
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GALBA |
| CM 2 Description: |
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NER•CPP (NE ligate) |
| Mint: |
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Rome |
| Primary Reference: |
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z Howgego 345 (for GALBA countermark) |
| Reference2: |
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RIC I 62 (Tiberius) (host coin) |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=40631 |
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Grade:
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Coin fair, countermarks fine and VF, dark green patina, smoothed |
| Notes: |
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Very rare countermarks. The GALBA countermark is recorded on six specimens in RPC, all provincial issues of Nero at Nicaea in Bithynia. Its only previous appearance on an imperial coin was a sestertius of Nero Claudius Drusus in CNG 57, lot 1056 (but see next lot for another of these on a sestertius of Claudius). The second countermark is completely unrecorded in the references. |
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