Bold Portrait

310, Lot: 372. Estimate $1500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.56 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate head left / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S C across field, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and vindicta. RIC I 389; ACG – (A38/R– [unlisted rev. die]). Good VF, green patina, spots of red, areas of roughness, gray earthen highlights.