From the Collection of George III
Ex British Museum

271, Lot: 77. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.38 g, 9h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck April- December AD 68. GALBA IMP, Galba on horseback left, raising right hand and holding reins with left / HISPANIA, laureate and draped bust of Hispania right; two javelins behind, two grain ears before, shield below. RIC I 2; BMCRE 162 (this coin, illustrated); RSC 77. VF, toned, minor roughness and scratches. Rare and with a highly desirable pedigree.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Britsh Museum Collection (George III Gift, 1923); King George III Collection.