RIC VI, SERDICA [after 33], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	GALVAL-ERIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; head r., diad., on facing bust in embroidered robes on crescent [E].
REVERSE	VENERIV-ICTRICI [VENERI VICTRICI]; Venus stg. facing, head l., r. holding up apple, l. raising drapery over l. shoulder. Crescent in left field, reversed sigma in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. RIC lists for this m.m. variety only bust types C and D; type E is attested only for variant without crescent in l. field [SERDICA 34] (p. 499). General note from p. 489: "Valeria's uniwersal Veneri Victrici appeared with three varieties of portrait. All these coins are now rare or very rare". However, note that there is an error in RIC. For details see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 499. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 109, no. 9/2; as corrected Serdica 33). Should be listed in RIC after SERDICA 33 (or as corrected SERDICA 33).

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Aureus. Weight 5.40 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Tkalec auction in February 2002 (lot 245) for CHF 45,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 31 (lot 136) in October 2005 for CHF 52,000. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 49 (lot 446) in October 2008 for CHF 14,000; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 180 (lot 436) in October 2009 for EUR 15,000; ex Bourgey; weight 5.45 g; rev. legend break I-V-I [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 125 (lot 1066) in November 2005 for EUR 24,000; weight 5.14 g; diameter 20 mm; obv. legend break E-R [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 64 (lot 1300) in May 2012 for CHF 15,000; weight 5.37 g; diameter 20 mm; note different type of diadem [click for picture].