Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Galba Æ Sestertius. Rome, circa August-October AD 68. IMP•SER•SVLP•GALBA•CAES•AVG•TR•P, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left; S-C across fields. RIC 309; C. 130; BMCRE 71; BN 147-50; C. Kraay, The Aes Coinage of Galba, ANS NNM 133, 1956, A116/- (unlisted rev. die). 26.89g, 36mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; a masterpiece of Roman portraiture by a first rate die engraver. Rare.
From the G.T. Collection of the Twelve Caesars;
Ex Friend of the Romans Collection, Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 92, 22 November 2002, lot 46;
Ex James Fox Collection, Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 40, 4 December 1996, lot 1408;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., Auction XII, 23 March 1983, lot 206;
Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 18, 5 May 1977, lot 304.
Extremely Fine; a masterpiece of Roman portraiture by a first rate die engraver. Rare.
From the G.T. Collection of the Twelve Caesars;
Ex Friend of the Romans Collection, Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 92, 22 November 2002, lot 46;
Ex James Fox Collection, Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 40, 4 December 1996, lot 1408;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., Auction XII, 23 March 1983, lot 206;
Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 18, 5 May 1977, lot 304.