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Lot 515 - Auction 87

Galba (68-69), Sestertius, Rome, December AD 68 AE (g 25,14; mm 34; h 5) SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P, laureate and draped bust ... Read more
Price realized:
4.900,00 GBP
Bids:
20

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Lot status:
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Description

Galba (68-69), Sestertius, Rome, December AD 68
AE (g 25,14; mm 34; h 5)
SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P, laureate and draped bust l., Rv. Galba, in military dress, standing r. on podium, accompanied by praetorian prefect behind him, addressing two helmeted soldiers, each with shields and one with spear, a horse facing between them. Before podium, two tunicate cursores, and in background, vexillum, signum and aquila; in ex. ADLOCVTIO / S C. RIC 468.
Extremely rare. Naturalistic portrait struck on a full flan; brown tone with spots of cuprite deposits, somewhat smoothed, anyway about extremely fine.
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