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 [SERDICA 43] except for absence of crescent. 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 (bust may be regarded as type B); 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; bust may be regarded as type B [click for picture]; - from Gorny & Mosch auction 142 (lot 2955), October 2005; weight 7.42 g; unbroken obv. legend; bust may be regarded as type B [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in August 2012 for USD 23; weight 6.30 g; diameter 27 mm; unbroken obv. legend; bust may be regarded as type B [click for picture].