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RIC VI, SISCIA [after 211], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED MINTMARK OR ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA Γ

  

OBVERSE

GALVALE-RIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; bust r., diad., wearing necklace, with facing dr. bust on crescent.

REVERSE

VENERI-VICTRICI [VENERI VICTRICI]; Venus stg. facing, head l., r. holding up apple, l. raising drapery over l. shoulder. Γ in right field. SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED MINTMARK OR ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Coin similar to SISCIA 211 except for absence of crescent in left field. It could be a clogged die or an engraver's error. Sutherland also considered such possibility in footnote 4 on p. 480: "Vienna has a coin of off. Δ without crescent in field to l.: probably an engraver's error rather than a transitional issue". Coin should be noted after SISCIA 211.

See also:
SISCIA [after 211], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED MINTMARK OR ENGRAVER'S ERROR, OFFICINA A

NOTES

Weight 7.10 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2007 for USD 36.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski