Exceptional Tarraco Mint Galba

Triton XVI, Lot: 1049. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.51 g, 7h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. GALBA IMPERATOR, laureate head right, globe at tip of neck / DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and leaning on long scepter in left hand. RIC I 36; RSC 45; BMCRE 169; BN 19. Choice EF, toned, traces of porosity, shallow scratches on reverse. Superb style for issue.