437, Lot: 248. Estimate $100. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA & THRACE. Æ Semis (20mm, 5.04 g, 2h). Struck under Galba, April–June AD 68. ΓAΛBA in rectanglar countermark struck on a Balkan mint bronze semis of Nero. Pangerl 92; Martini 1.4006-12, 2.1423-4. Host coin apparently unpublished. Host Near VF, c/m Near VF, brown patina. Extremely rare host coin.

From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from Plamen Arsoff, early 1980s.