CNG 105, Lot: 835. Estimate $4000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa October AD 68. Laureate head right / S P Q R/O B/CIVES/SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath with central medallion. RIC I 407; ACG 158 var. (A–/P15 [unlisted obv. die]). Good VF, warm river patina, some roughness on the the reverse. Exquisite fine style portrait.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 76 (12 September 2007), lot 1413; New York Sale XIV (10 January 2007), lot 258.