Galba Restored

Triton XIX, Lot: 2191. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.89 g, 7h). Restitution issue of Galba. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. GALBA IMPERATOR, laureate head of Galba right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 824; Woytek 860 Variant 2; Komnick 63.1; Calicó 521; Biaggi 269; BMCRE 701. VF, underlying luster, a couple light marks on obverse. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Künker 124 (16 March 2007), lot 7626.