Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1437. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP • SER • GALBA • AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/[O]B C S in two lines within oak wreath. RIC I 164; Calicó 509a; BMCRE 29-32; BN 72-4; Cohen 286. Near VF, toned, a few minor marks, traces of deposits, slight flatness of strike on high point of hair and corresponding reverse. Well centered on a broad flan.