Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1004. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GALBA. 68-69 AD. Countermark on an Æ Sestertius (27.94 gm) of Claudius of Rome mint. Laureate head right; on bust, countermark: GALBA in incuse rectangle / Spes walking left; uncertain countermark in right field. Howgego 591; for host coin: RIC I 115. Coin fair, countermark fine, green patina, smoothed, a few spots of corrosion. Very rare countermark. ($150)

See previous lot for another GALBA countermark on a sestertius of Divus Augustus.