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ID:     RIC_VI_Serdica_unlisted
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Galeria Valeria
Date Ruled:     AD 293-311
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 307-308
Weight:     5.14 g
Obverse Legend:     GAL VALE_RIA AVG
Obverse Description:     Diademed head right, on facing bust wearing embroidered robe with necklace - on crescent
Reverse Legend:     VENERI V_ICTRICI
Reverse Description:     Venus standing facing, head left: right hand holding up apple, left raising drapery over left shoulder.
Exergue:     ●SM●SD●
Mint Mark:     ●SM●SD●/ crescent in left field/ Σ (retrograde) in right field
Mint:     Serdica
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     Depeyrot S. 109, 9/2 var
Photograph Credit:     Numismatik Lanz
Source:     http://www.lanz.com
Price Sold For:     24000 Euro
Date Sold:     28/11/2005
Notes:     (1) This combination of obverse and reverse is unrecorded in RIC for this issue (2) Numismatik Lanz Auction 125: Lot No. 1066