Triton XIX, Lot: 501. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GA LBA CAESAR AVG, laureate head left / DIVA AVGVSTA, Diva Julia Augusta (Livia) standing left, holding patera in outstretched hand and long scepter in left. Cf. RIC I 185 (denarius, but different division of obv. legend) and 187 = BMCRE 11(denarius, but continuous obv. legend); Calicó – ; cf. BN 81 (denarius, but different division of obv. legend); Biaggi –; NAC 64, lot 1131 (same rev. die). VF. An apparently unpublished type with the bust left.