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Denarius - Galba ROMA RENASCENS, Roma and Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GALBA IMP (Translation: Galba Imperator Galba, supreme commander (Imperator).) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Galba seized power in June 68 AD after Nero's suicide ended the Julio-Claudian line, but his reign lasted barely seven months before the Praetorian Guard murdered him in the Roman Forum. The ROMA RENASCENS type — "Rome reborn" — was a deliberate propaganda claim issued by a man trying to legitimize a regime that had no dynastic footing whatsoever. It didn't work. His legendary stinginess with donatives to the soldiers who had just made him emperor made his assassination almost inevitable.
RIC I #25 is among the types struck at the Spanish mint, almost certainly Tarraco, before Galba even reached Rome.