Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 90 23 May 2012
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Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (37mm, 26.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa November AD 68. Laureate head right / Victory advancing left, holding palladium and palm frond. RIC I 456; ACG – (A80/P156 [unlisted combination]). VF, dark green-brown patina, some smoothing.
Ex Lanz 148 (with Bernardi, 4 January 2010), lot 82; Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), 1883.
While finding new dies and combinations are not unusual for Galba’s bronze, this coin pairs an obverse for the first officina with a reverse used in the 4th officina, which suggests that occasionally dies were shared between the officinae.
Ex Lanz 148 (with Bernardi, 4 January 2010), lot 82; Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), 1883.
While finding new dies and combinations are not unusual for Galba’s bronze, this coin pairs an obverse for the first officina with a reverse used in the 4th officina, which suggests that occasionally dies were shared between the officinae.