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GALBA. Sesterce. (Ae. 24.24g/36mm). 68 AD Rome. Obv: IMP SER SVLPIC GALBA CAES AVG TR P. Draped laureate bust of Galba right. Rev: FREEDOM PUBLIC. Libertas standing left holding crown and sceptre, between Uncirculated. (RIC 310). Good Very Fine. Retouched. Between the middle of 68 AD and the end of 69 AD, what is known as the year of the four emperors occurs. And it is that after the death of Nero there is a period of instability and small civil wars that present us with different candidates to occupy the imperial scepter. The first of these was Galba, governor of the province of Tarraconensis, whom contemporary writers presented as a person of advanced age but destined from birth to be emperor. Suetonius wrote that Galba's rise to the throne was not entirely popular: “His power and prestige were much greater when he assumed power in the Empire than afterwards; Despite offering sufficient evidence of his ability to govern, he got less praise for his good deeds than reproaches for his mistakes. Regarding his coinage, his portraits are severe and sober, not trying to hide the ravages that age had already done to his face. It should be noted, by way of anecdote, that Galba is one of the few emperors of whom we have evidence that he was bald, never being represented in this way on any of his minted coins.