RIC VI, SISCIA 211, GALERIA VALERIA, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	GALVALERIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; bust r., diad., wearing necklace, with facing dr. bust on crescent.
REVERSE	VENERI-[VI]CTRICI [VENERI VICTRICI]; Venus stg. facing, head l., r. holding up apple, l. raising drapery over l. shoulder. Crescent in left field, Γ in right field. SIS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to SISCIA 204/211) except for decorated band as headdress instead of tiara (stephane). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 479-480. See also: SISCIA 211, GALERIA VALERIA, BUST TYPE VARIETY, OFFICINA A

NOTES

Weight 6.44 g; diameter 28 mm. Sold on Savoca Numismatik 26th Blue Auction (lot 1690) in November 2019 for EUR 30. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.3397); weight 4.87 g [click for picture]; - sold on Tauler & Fau Subastas auction 149 (lot 2762) in October 2024 for EUR 55; weight 6.58 [click for picture]; - from Hirsch auction 248-249 (lot 2203), February 2007 [click for picture].