RIC VII, CYZICUS 7, VALENS, UNLISTED OFFICINA I

OBVERSE	IMPCAVRVALVALENSPFAVG [IMP C AVR VAL VALENS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, holding sceptre, Victory on globe in r. hand; eagle with wreath to l. on ground. I in right field. SKM in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - I. RIC lists for this extremely rare type only officina VI (p. 644). See also: CYZICUS 7, VALENS, UNLISTED OFFICINA II CYZICUS 7, VALENS, UNLISTED OFFICINA IIII

NOTES

Weight 2.84 g; diameter 26 mm. CNG Triton III (lot 1193), December 1999. Sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 39 (lot 190) in May 2007 for CHF 30,000. Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 185 (lot 280) in March 2010 for EUR 11,000; weight 3.25 g [click for picture].