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Lot # 281
Egypt. Alexandria. Galba, 68-69. Tetradrachm (Billon, 24.55 mm, 11.63 g). Dated RY 1 (= 68). ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟ[ΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕB [ΑΥT] Laureate head of Galba to right; L A (date) in right field below chin. Rev. ΕΛΕΥ-ΘTΕΡΙΑ Eleutheria standing front, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and resting her right arm on column, scepter behind. Vogt I, pp. 37-41. Vogt II, p. 12. BMC 192. K&G 17.4. Dattari 306 (this coin). Geissen 220. RPC I, 5327. Emmett 172. Savio, Adriano, Tetradrammi Alessandrini, Milano 2007, pp. 57-59. Extremely Fine. Ex Giovanni Dattari collection 306. Ex Naville Numismatics 43, 23 September 2018, lot 252. Selected coin from the famous collection of Giovanni Dattari. Very rare for the limited period of issue and in particularly fine condition; notably the portrait of the emperor has begun to take on the real and characteristic physiognomy of Galba.