68AD GALBA Certified Ancient Roman Coin AlexandriaEGYPT
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Item: i12729 Certified Authentic Ancient Coin of: Galba - Roman Emperor: June 10th 68 A.D. - January 15th 69 A.D. - Billon Silver Tetradrachm 26mm (12.35 grams) Alexandria, Egypt mint: 68 A.D. Reference: Köln 220; Milne 311 ΛΟVK. ΛΙΒ. ΣΟVΛ� . ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ. ΣΕΒ. AVT. - Laureate head right; before LA (= year 1 = June- August 68 A.D.) EΛEY-ΘEPIA, Eleutheria standing half-left, holding wreath and scepter, and leaning on column. You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. Servius Sulpicius Galba (24 December 3 BC – 15 January 69), commonly known as Galba , was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis , and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex . He was the first emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors . Origins and rise to power He was born as Servius Sulpicius Galba near Terracina , "on the left as you go towards Fundi" in the words of Suetonius .Through his paternal grandfather ("more eminent for his learning than for his rank — for he did not advance beyond the grade of praetor" and who "published a voluminous and painstaking history", according to Suetonius), who predicted his rise to power ( Suetonius, 4 ), he was descended from Servius Sulpicius Galba . Galba's father
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