Triton XXII, Lot: 854. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Galba. 69 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.94 g, 4h). Rome mint. Veiled and draped bust of Vesta right; S • C downward to left / Emblems of the pontificate: secespita, simpulum, and securis; AE CVR across field, P • GALB in exergue. Crawford 406/1; Sydenham 839; Sulpicia 7; BMCRR Rome 3517; RBW 1454. Superb EF, lustrous.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from R.M. Smythe (David Vagi).