CNG 87, Lot: 971. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 13.93 g, 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 1st emission, circa June-August AD 68. Laureate and draped bust right / S P Q R/O B CIV SER in oak wreath. RIC I 287; ACG - (unlisted dies). Good VF, dark green and red-brown patina, flan crack, minor smoothing and roughness. Wonderful portrait.