CNG 111, Lot: 669. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 8h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. Galba on horseback riding left, raising hand / Laureate and draped bust of Hispania right; two javelins to left; shield below; two stalks of grain to right. RIC I 2; CSB 21; RSC 77. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare type.

From the Richard Baker Collection.