From the Ryan Collection

Triton XVI, Lot: 1051. Estimate $2500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 2.61 g, 6h). Uncertain Gallic (Vienna [Vienne]?) mint. Struck circa April to late autumn, AD 68. SER GALBA IMP, Galba right on horseback, brandishing javelin in right hand / TRES GALLIAE in exergue, three female busts right, representing the three Gauls (Gallia Aquitania, Gallia Belgica, and Gallia Lugdunensis); globe at point of each bust. RIC I 89; RSC 307; BMCRE 211; BN 46-47. Near VF, a few field marks, tiny pit near edge of obverse, a couple of test cuts. Extremely rare.

Ex V.J.E Ryan Collection (Part V, Glendining’s, 2 April 1952), lot 2116.