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

OBVERSE	GALVAL-ERIAAVG [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, Γ in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Bust type similar to D (see 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 Δ

NOTES

Weight 7.10 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on eBay in February 2012 for EUR 141. Other specimens: - sold on The Coin Cabinet Kallista Auction 5 (lot 158) in September 2026 for GBP 115; weight 6.85 g; diameter 25 mm; note pearl-diadem instead of ordinary tiara/stephane [click for picture]; - sold on Ancient Numismatics Auctions auction 23 (lot 245) in August 2025 for EUR 28; weight 8.50 g; diameter 26.9 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 123 (lot 876) in May 2005 for EUR 100; weight 7.01 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2019 for EUR 61; weight 6.23 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.4075); weight 6.31 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from CNG; weight 5.72 g [click for picture]; - from eBay, March 2019; weight 6.20 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay [click for picture].