From the Lawrence and Leonardos Collections

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 587. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (3.61 g, 7h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. GALBA. IMP, Galba, in military attire, galloping right, extending right hand / HISPANIA, bare-headed and draped bust of Hispania right; two javelins behind, round shield below, two stalks of grain before. RIC I 1; RSC 76; BMCRE 161; BN 1. EF, delightful deep gray collection toning, traces of deposits.

Ex L.A. Lawrence Collection (Glendining, 17 January 1951), lot 467; M. Othon Leonardos Collection (Schulman, 31 May 1927), lot 657.