Exceptional Galba Sestertius

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1036. Estimate $30000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa June-August AD 68. IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / S P Q R/OB/CIV SER in three lines; all within oak wreath. RIC I 262; ACG 303 (A153/P230); BMCRE 116-7. EF, even dark brown river patina with areas of hard green on the reverse. An exceptional portrait coin of Galba.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 10 (9 April 1997), lot 593.