Extremely Rare Spanish Issue

378, Lot: 457. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.14 g, 7h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P (RIC type 7a), laureate head right, globe at point of bust / S P Q R across shield within oak wreath. RIC I 47 var. (obv. legend); CSB p. 51, 61; RSC 282 var. (same). Fine, rough, porous surfaces. Extremely rare with this obverse legend, none in CoinArchives.