Egypt. Alexandria. Galba, 68-69. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25.25 mm, 12.68 g) Dated year 2 (= 68-69) ΣЄΡ OYI ΓΑΛΒΑ AYTO KAIΣ ΣЄΒΑ Laureate bust of Galba right, LB (date) below chin. Rev. [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ] ΔΡΕΑ Draped bust of personified Alexandria right, wearing elephant-skin headdress, star below chin to right. RPC I, 5336. BMC 2721. Dattari 300. Emmett 170. Geissen 225. Kampmann-Ganschow 17.9. Cfr. SAVIO, "Tetradrammi alessandrini", pp.57-59. Toned. Very Fine.

Ex Agora Auctions, 74, 05.06.2018, lot 162.

Galba's second Alexandrian year lasted little more than four months and produced tetradrachms in praise of peace (compare No. 280 in the collection) and freedom (idem No. 281) under the auspices of Alexandria and Rome. In short, a hope after the last and stormy Neronian period, a response in trust to the senatorial order from which Galba came.