Sestertius - Galba ROMA S C, Roma

Galba's reign lasted just seven months, from June 68 to January 69 AD, ending when the Praetorian Guard murdered him in the Roman Forum after withdrawing their support in favor of Otho. His bronze coinage was struck under considerable political pressure — he needed to pay troops and signal legitimacy to a Roman world that had just watched Nero driven to suicide. The ROMA S C bronzes were part of that propagandistic push, invoking traditional senatorial authority at a moment when Galba was actively trying to distance his regime from Neronian excess.

RIC I#245 is among the more frequently documented of his sestertius types, yet surviving examples with intact surfaces are genuinely scarce given the brevity of production.