Galba 68-69 AD. Æ Sestertius (35.5 mm; 28.05 g). Rome mint, struck in late summer 68 AD. Obverse: IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P, Laureate and draped bust right. Reverse: LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing left, holding pileus in right hand and scepter in left; S C across field. A bold portrait of Galba. Some tooling of the finest details and minor smoothing in fields. Some earthen deposits around details that have been artificially applied.
Proveniens:
From the collection of Douglas O. Rosenberg; Ex. Classical Numismatic Group Triton IX, 10.1.2006, lot 1409; Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51, 5.3.2009, lot 889; Ex. NGSA auction 7, 27.11.2012, lot 341; Ex. Bertolami Fine Arts auction 8, 4.2.2014, lot 503
