Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 877. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GALBA. 68-69 AD. AV Aureus (7.19 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa July 68-15 January 69 AD. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / SALVS GEN HVMANI, Fortuna standing left, foot on globe, holding , rudder and patera over lighted and garlanded altar. RIC I 213 corr. (laureate and draped bust right); BMCRE 38 var. (laureate head right); BN 94 var. (laureate and draped bust right); Hunter 8 corr. (same); cf. Calicó 504 (laureate head right); Cohen 235 var. (same). Good VF, underlying luster. Very rare. [See color enlargement on plate 17] ($7500)