429, Lot: 322. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (35.3mm, 27.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa June-August AD 68. [I]MP SER GALBA AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; S C across field. RIC –; ACG –. VF, dark brown surfaces, minor roughness, some light smoothing. Rare obverse legend, bust, and reverse type combination.

From the DMS Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 30 July 2003.

An apparently unpublished combination of obverse legend and bust type with the Victory advancing right reverse type.