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

OBVERSE	GALVALE-RIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; head r., pearl-diadem, with necklace, 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, Δ 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 A SERDICA [after 41], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA B SERDICA [after 41], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 6.16 g; diameter 25 mm. Note pearl-diadem instead of semi-circular band (tiara or stephane). Sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 135 (lot 938) in May 2007 for EUR 300. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in November 2009 for USD 30.19 (bust with tiara); weight 7.10 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - from Studio Numismatico auction 1 (lot 679), June 2010; weight 7.28 g; bust with tiara/stephane [click for picture]; - from iNumis Mail Bid Sale 25 (lot 124), June 2014 (bust with tiara); weight 6.68 g; diameter 25.5 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 330 (lot 399) in July 2014 for USD 65; weight 5.39 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay; weight 6.50 g; diameter 27 mm; bust with tiara/stephane [click for picture]; - from Helios Numismatik auction 6 (lot 1024), March 2011; weight 6.56 g [click for picture]; - sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 359) in March 2017 for EUR 115; ex Dattari [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2010 for USD 23; weight 3.76 g (sic!); given by seller; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS (MA111865); weight 6.533 g; diameter 26.4 mm [click for picture].