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Civil Wars. Galba. Denarius. 3 April-2nd half of June 68. Uncertain Spanish mint. (Ric-11). (Cohen-400 var.). (Bmcre-10 var.). Anv.: BON•EVENT Diademed and draped bust of Bonus Eventus to right, wearing braided hair. Rev.: ROMA RENASC Roma advancing right, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and long eagle-tipped scepter in her left. . 3,34 g. Ex Collection of Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow, Leu Numismatik 9 (24/10/2021), lot 1026, previously privately acquired from Yves Gunzenreiner in July 2013. Slabbed by NGC as Ch Xf, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5. Marks
The slogan Roma renascens featured very prominently on Galba's early coinage. It first appears on a substantial anonymous civil war series from Spain and roughly translates as 'Rome reborn' or 'Rome rising again', thus heralding the glorious rebirth of an empire stricken by Nero's mismanagement. As with other issues, the style differences within the BONVS EVENTVS / ROMA RENASCENS series are remarkable and certainly reflect the work of different artists, if not different mints (see also the note on Gollnow & Rutten 1005 ). The present coin belongs to Group VI, characterized by small heads and short straight noses. Thus, it is connected to the wonderful aureus with Salus on the obverse (Gollnow & Rutten 1018). NGC-XF. Est...800,00.
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