Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 527Auction date: 16 November 2022
Lot number: 337

Price realized: 225 USD   (Approx. 217 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. Laureate head right / Roma standing left, holding Victory on globe and transverse eagle-tipped scepter. RIC I 161; RSC 202. Toned, scratches. Fine.

Purchased by the consignor from Pegasi, 15 September 2011.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Keystone Auction 11Auction date: 3 March 2023
Lot number: 195

Price realized: 1,600 USD   (Approx. 1,508 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Laureate head right / Livia standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 224; RSC 58. Lightly toned. VF. Ex Pegasi XXVIII (28 May 2013), lot 459.

Suetonius 5.2: He showed marked respect to Livia Augusta, to whose favor he owed great influence during her lifetime and by whose last will he almost became a rich man; for he had the largest bequest among her legatees, one of fifty million sesterces. But because the sum was designated in figures and not written out in words, Tiberius, who was her heir, reduced the bequest to five hundred thousand, and Galba never received even that.

The line of the Julio-Claudian emperors had died out with Nero, but the new emperor Galba still wished to demonstrate continuity with the dynasty that had ruled for the last century, via his close friendship with Livia.


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 526Auction date: 2 November 2022
Lot number: 395

Price realized: 550 USD   (Approx. 557 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Laureate head right / Diva Julia Augusta (Livia) standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 186; RSC 55. Toned, a few scratches, traces of deposits. VF.

From the Brian Holland Collection. Ex Pegasi inventory 10600563.


Estimate: 500 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 530Auction date: 4 January 2023
Lot number: 705

Price realized: 200 USD   (Approx. 189 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Bare head right / S P Q R/ OB/ C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; RSC 287. Lightly toned, scratches and hairlines. Good Fine.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 525Auction date: 19 October 2022
Lot number: 1121

Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 355 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-125. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear. RIC II.3 722; RSC 349. Lustrous, minor flan crack. EF.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 534Auction date: 15 March 2023
Lot number: 537

Price realized: 70 USD   (Approx. 65 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.89 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January 69. Laureate head left / Diva Julia Augusta (Livia) standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 185; RSC 56. Toned, numerous scratches, pitting. Fine.


Estimate: 100 USD