Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 880. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GALBA. 68-69 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.24 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa October-December 68 AD. SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P, laureate head right / S C across field, Victory advancing right, holding palm and wreath. RIC I 400 var. (laureate head left); ACG - (A149/P148; unlisted die combination); BMCRE 98 var. (no pontifical title); cf. BN 205 (same reverse die); Cohen 249 var. (PON MA). Nice VF, chocolate brown patina, hairline flan crack at base. This die combination unknown to Kraay. ($2000)

Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 4 (3 December 1985), lot 471.