Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 114 13-14 May 2020
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Galba. AD 68-69. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP • SER GALBA CAESAR • AVG, laureate and draped bust right / HISPA NIA, Hispania, draped, advancing left, holding poppy and two stalks of grain in right hand and round shield and two transverse spears in left. RIC I 192; Calicó 480a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 311, note †; BN –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –; Triton IV, lot 480 (same dies). Scuffs, scratches, and contact marks on obverse. Fine. Extremely rare.
From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Mike Vosper, 3 April 2014.
Both RIC and BMCRE refer to the only other example of this extremely rare variety, the specimen which sold in Triton IV, lot 480 and subsequently in Numismatica Ars Classica 41, lot 54 (hammer 290,000 CHF), where, in both auctions, it was described as unique and apparently unique, respectively. This is perhaps the second known example.
From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Mike Vosper, 3 April 2014.
Both RIC and BMCRE refer to the only other example of this extremely rare variety, the specimen which sold in Triton IV, lot 480 and subsequently in Numismatica Ars Classica 41, lot 54 (hammer 290,000 CHF), where, in both auctions, it was described as unique and apparently unique, respectively. This is perhaps the second known example.