426, Lot: 512. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (34.8mm, 22.91 g, 8h). Rome mint. Struck October 68 AD. SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate head left / SALV[S] AVGVSTA, Salus seated left on ornate stool, holding a [patera with her extended right hand] and long scepter with left. RIC I 396 var. (AVG P M TR P); ACG –; BMCRE I pg. 328, † note; BN 200 var. (laureate head right). Near EF, riverine surfaces, rough on the reverse. Superb portrait.
From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction XXII (2 September 1992), lot 350.