RIC VII, ALEXANDRIA 19, VALENS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCAVRVALVALENSPFAVG [IMP C AVR VAL VALENS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONSER-VATORIAVGG [IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, leaning on sceptre, Victory on globe in r. hand; eagle with wreath to l. K in left field, wreath above X above B in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists for this extremely rare type only officina A (p. 706; see also the relevant picture on plate 24). Note that authenticity of nearly all Valens' coins could be disptuable. Some ALEXANDRIA 19 coins from officina A have been identified as so-called "Geneva forgeries" (see: R. A. G. Carson, "The Geneva Forgeries", Numismatic Chronicle 1958, pp. 47-58). See also another forgery of ALEXANDRIA 19, off. A (withdrawn from CGB Monnaies 59, lot 436, 2.78 g, 21.5 mm).

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Weight 4.0 g. Coin sold on CNG Triton X (lot 778) in January 2007 for USD 37,500; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 62 (lot 2094) in October 2011 for CHF 45,000; sold on Ira & Larry Goldberg auction 42 (lot 4217) in February 2013 for USD 37,000. Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics auction XVII (lot 808) in March 2019 for GBP 13,000; weight 3.12 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CNG Triton XI (lot 995) in January 2008 for USD 28,000; weight 3,32 g [click for picture].