CNG 109, Lot: 646. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68 - January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, laureate head right / ROMA RENASCES, Roma, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and transverse eagle-tipped scepter in left. RIC I 229; RSC 208; BMCRE p. 313, note †; BN 103. Near EF, light golden tone, some marks and minor scratches on obverse. A wonderful, forceful portrait of Galba. Better than examples of this issue in CoinArchives.