Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 704

Price realized: 50,000 USD   (Approx. 45,795 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right / S P Q R/ OB C S in two lines within oak wreath. RIC I 164; Calicó 509; BMCRE 29-30; BN 72-4; Adda 42; Biaggi 265; Jameson 53; Mazzini 286; NAC 97, lot 93 (same dies; hammer CHF 60,000). Toned, some hairlines on reverse, minor edge marks. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan. Exceptional portrait.

Ex Provence Collection (Triton XXIII, 14 January 2020), lot 679; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 20 February 1951), lot 1669; Sir Hyman Montagu Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 20 April 20 1896), lot 172.


Estimate: 50000 USD