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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cicero12, post: 5011518, member: 114838&quot;]I recently received the below Galba aureus which I purchased privately last month, after skipping it in Triton in January.&nbsp; While I contemplated the coin in Triton, I decided to pass as it lacked a pedigree.&nbsp; However, just a day after the sale, I found the piece in Montagu.&nbsp; I was informed the coin had been purchased by a dealer, but was being offered at a price significantly above hammer and fees.&nbsp; I kept an eye on the piece in the intervening ten months, and several times was on the verge of pulling the trigger.&nbsp; Finally, I was motivated to make a &quot;reasonable&quot; offer after stumbling across the piece again in VJE Ryan.&nbsp; Thankfully, that offer was accepted!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone else experienced &quot;non-buyer&#039;s&quot; remorse and been fortunate enough to find and purchase a coin they regretted passing on in the inventory of a dealer?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/Cicero1212/Capture.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Emperors of Rome. Galba. 68-69 AD. 68-January 69 AD. </b>AV-Aureus 7.26 g. Rome Mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; S P Q R/ OB C S in two lines within oak wreath</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>References:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RIC I 164; Calicó 509; BMCRE 29-30; BN 72-4; Biaggi 265;&nbsp; &nbsp; Jameson 53; Mazzini 286.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grade:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Almost extremely fine with a portrait of unusually artistic style.&nbsp; A few light scratches to reverse.&nbsp; Light reddish toning. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Privately Purchased, October&nbsp; 2020. Ex Provence/Brexit Collection Triton XXIII (January 2020), lot 679; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 20 February 1951), lot 1669; Sir Hyman Montagu (Rollin &amp; Feuardent, 20 April 1896), lot 172.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Description:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Galba served as Emperor for seven months in 68-69 AD. His reign was not a distinguished one, and was marked by corruption and summary executions.&nbsp; This was surprising from a man who had lived a full and distinguished life prior to his ascension. Galba was of an old and distinguished line, the <i>Gens Sulpicia</i>, and was one of the Empire’s wealthiest men. Galba held numerous important government posts, and was in the inner-circles of many important clans, including the Julio-Claudians. Galba began his association with the Julio-Claudians with a pinch on the cheek from Augustus when he was a child, and was well acquainted with each of his successors. Agrippina Junior was apparently infatuated with him, and he enjoyed especially close friendships with Claudius and Livia. Suetonius tells us Livia made Galba her principal heir, leaving him 500,000 aurei, but that Tiberius nullified her bequest on a technicality, reducing the amount to only 5,000.&nbsp; Prior to ascending to the purple, Galba was Governor of Hispania, and before that, had held governorships in Aquitania and Africa.&nbsp; By the time he ascended, Galba’s best years were behind him, and he suffered from chronic gout and increasing bodily decline.&nbsp; Ultimately, he would be usurped by his erstwhile supporter, Otho, the former governor of Lusitania, who Galba had passed over for adoption as his heir.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/Cicero1212/Capture_Montagu.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/Cicero1212/Capture_Ryan.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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