Ex Bolla and Mazzini Collections

Triton XXI, Lot: 725. Estimate $10000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/ OB C S in two lines within oak wreath. RIC I 164; Calicó 509; BMCRE 29-30; BN 72-4; Biaggi 265; Mazzini 286 (this coin). Good VF, toned, a few minor scratches on obverse.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Ferruccio Bolla Collection (Tkalec, 28 February 2007), lot 17; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 286.