6-1946

RIC VI, SERDICA [after 32], GALERIA VALERIA, MINTMARK VARIETY

   

OBVERSE

GALVAL-ERIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; bust r., diad., dr.

REVERSE

VENERIV-ICTRICI [VENERI VICTRICI]; Venus stg. facing, head l., r. holding up apple, l. raising drapery over l. shoulder. Reversed sigma in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to SERDICA 32 (BM 1867,0101.882; cited in RIC) except for m.m. without crescent in l. field. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 109, no. 6/2; this coin but with wrong legend breaks: obv. legend break given as E-R, and rev. legend breaks as I-V-I). Should be listed after SERDICA 32.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.13 g; diameter 19.5 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1966.280.1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski