| Galeria Valeria, Augusta June 293? - 311 A.D., second wife of Galerius |  |
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| RB42749. Bronze follis, RIC VI 46, F, weight 6.100 g, maximum diameter 26.4 mm, die axis 180o, Cyzicus mint, c. 308 - 309 A.D.; obverse GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust right; reverse VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing left holding apple, D in left field, MKV in exergue; $30.00 (€24.90) |
| 32716. Bronze follis, RIC VI 43, gVF, weight 5.566 g, maximum diameter 27.0 mm, die axis 180o, Heraclea mint, 309 - 310 A.D.; obverse GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust right; reverse VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing left raising apple in right hand and raising drapery over shoulder in left, HTB in ex; SOLD |
|   | The coins of Galeria from the mint of Cyzikus were all struck in the 4th officina which is marked in the left field. In these years the mint issued three groups, the second being marked with a star in the right field and the third with three dots in the right field. But our coin has only one dot. A RIC footnote records a similary marked Licinius in the Oxford collection and states it is probably a mint error. The coin was made in the first officina which probably rules out a repeat error by a die cutter. More likely, the mint started its third group by marking with only one dot, then quickly switched to three dots, perhaps to make the coins more noticeable. Another treat for the specialist collector. |
| 7643. Bronze follis, RIC 71 variant, gVF, weight 7.27 g, maximum diameter 27.0 mm, die axis 180o, Cyzicus mint, c. 311 A.D.; obverse GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing left holding apple, D in left field, • in right field, MKV in exergue; ex Scott Collection; very rare; SOLD |
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