Details
LOT 3548
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding apple in upraised right hand and with left raising drapery over left shoulder; X in left field, B over K in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 81. Near Very Fine.(7.23gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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