RIC VI, SERDICA [after 41], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	GALVALE-RIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; head r., diad., on facing bust in embroidered robes.
REVERSE	VENERIV-ICTRICI [VENERI VICTRICI]; Venus stg. facing, head l., r. holding up apple, l. raising drapery over l. shoulder. Star in left field, A in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Bust type similar to D (see SERDICA 43) except for absence of crescent. Note that some examples below may be regarded as type B. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 500. Coin should be listed after SERDICA 41. See also: SERDICA [after 41], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA B SERDICA [after 41], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ SERDICA [after 41], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 6.27 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 188 (lot 406) in May 2008 for USD 155; sold again on CNG eAuction 211 (lot 407) in June 2009 for USD 92. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in August 2010 for USD 36.50; unbroken obv. legend [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch Summer Auction 2012 (lot 1470) in September 2012 for EUR 70; weight 7.75 g; unbroken obv. legend [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in April 2023 for GBP 73.80 ); weight 6.56 g; diameter 26 mm; unbroken obv. legend [click for picture]; - from Gorny & Mosch auction 142 (lot 2955), October 2005; weight 7.42 g; unbroken obv. legend [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2012 for USD 23; weight 6.30 g; diameter 27 mm; unbroken obv. legend [click for picture].