CNG 102, Lot: 886. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69. Laureate and draped bust right / Salus standing left, right foot on globe, sacrificing from patera over lighted and garlanded altar and holding rudder. RIC I 214; RSC 236. Good VF, dark cabinet tone, minor porosity, some de-lamination in fields. Bold portrait.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.