Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 1795 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,500
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SOLD $2,000
GALBA, (A.D. 68-69), silver denarius, issued August - October 68, Rome mint, (3.500 grams), obv. bare head to right of Galba, around IMP SER GALBA AVG, rev. S P Q R / OB / C S, in three lines within oak wreath, (S.2109, BMC 34 cor., RIC 167, RSC 287). Toned, good very fine or better and rare.
Ex Boyd Collection, Baldwin's London, September 26, 2005 (lot 265), previously bought from Spink, London, March 1895.
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