RIC VI, SERDICA [after 33], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	GALVAL-ERIAAVG [GAL VALERIA AVG]; head r., diad., on facing bust in embroidered robes on crescent. [E]
REVERSE	VENERIV-ICTRICI [VENERI VICTRICI]; Venus stg. facing, head l., r. holding up apple, l. raising drapery over l. shoulder. Crescent in left field, reversed sigma in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. RIC lists for this reverse only bust types C and D; type E is attested only for variant without crescent in l. field [SERDICA 34] (p. 499). General note about this issue from p. 489: "Valeria's uniwersal Veneri Victrici appeared with three varieties of portrait. All these coins are now rare or very rare". However, note that there is an error in RIC. For details see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 499. Coin should be listed after SERDICA 33 (or, with new description, as SERDICA 33).

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.40 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2005 for $40,574. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2008 for $12,125; ex Bourgey; weight 5.45 g; rev. legend break I-V-I [click for picture]; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2009 for EUR 15,000 [click for picture]; - specimen sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in November 2005 for $28,305; weight 5.14 g; diameter 20 mm; obv. legend break E-R [click for picture]; - specimen offered on eBay in October 2009 for $29,999.99; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in May 2012 for CHF 15,000; weight 5.37 g; diameter 20 mm; note different type of diadem [click for picture].