Two Civil War Denarii

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1077. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Civil Wars. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (3.78 g, 8h). Spanish mint. Young female head (Bonus Eventus) right, fillet around forehead / Victory standing right, holding eagle-tipped scepter and Victory. RIC I 9; AM 52; RSC 396. VF, toned, minor porosity. Rare.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (16 August 1991), lot 429.

Issued by Galba as governor of Spain, in the disordered period before the death of Nero and the proclamation of Galba as emperor.