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A billon follis of the empress Galeria Valeria with a reverse showing Venus Coin Type: Billon follis of Galeria Valeria, 305-311 CE.
Mint and Date: Thessalonica, Officina 4, 308-310 CE.
Size and Weight: 24 x 25mm, 6.25g
Obverse: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG
Diademed and draped bust right, with necklace; waved hair drawn into a coil at nape.
Reverse: VENERI V-ICTRICI
Venus standing left, holding drapery high with left hand, holding up an apple with right hand.
Field marks: Star in left field, Δ in right field.
Exergue: SMTS
Provenance: ancient17 (eBay), March 2003
Ref: RIC VI Thessalonica 35
BW Ref: 001 038 019
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