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Triton XVI Sessions 3 & 4  9 January 2013
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Lot 1050

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 2400 USD
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Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.57 g, 9h). Uncertain Spanish or Gallic mint . Struck circa April to late autumn, AD 68. SER GΛLBΛ IMP, Galba, in military outfit, right on horseback, raising right hand / HISPANIA, draped bust of Hispania right; two javelins behind, round shield below; no grain ears. Cf. RIC I 86 (for obv. type [attributed to Gaul]); RSC –; cf. Cohen 75 (for rev. type [attributed to Spain]); cf. Baranowsky FPL (1933), lot 466 (for rev.). Good VF, toned, small area of hard green deposit on reverse, two small test cuts on edge. Great metal for issue. Extremely rare variety without the grain ears.

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