Second Known Example

CNG 102, Lot: 881. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.19 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa November AD 68–15 January AD 69. SER SVLDICIVS GALBA [sic], laureate head right, globe at point of neck / AVG IMP, Female figure (Pax or Hispania?), draped, standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus in right hand and shield set on ground in left. RIC I 123; Lyon –; Calicó 465; BMCRE –; BN –; Biaggi –. Fine, graffiti in fields. The second known example of this extremely rare aureus. The only other example known was from the De Quelen Collection (Rollin et Feuardent, 14 May 1888), lot 862, which is the Calicó plate coin.