RIC VI Thessalonica 29

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 308–AD 310

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Thessalonica (ancient mint)

Aureus in gold struck at Thessalonica under Galerius, AD 308–AD 310, catalogued as RIC VI Thessalonica 29. Obverse: Bust of Galeria Valeria, diademed, draped with embroidered robes, facing front on crescent, head right. Reverse: Venus, draped, standing front, head left, holding up apple with right hand, raising drapery over left shoulder with left hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.

Physical characteristics

Material: Gold
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Aureus

Technical characteristics

Mint: Thessalonica
Issuing authority: Galerius

Design

Obverse type: Bust of Galeria Valeria, diademed, draped with embroidered robes, facing front on crescent, head right
Reverse type: Venus, draped, standing front, head left, holding up apple with right hand, raising drapery over left shoulder with left hand
Obverse legend: GAL VALERIA AVG
Reverse legend: VENERI V-ICTRICI

Identification

Type corpus record: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.thes.29
Catalogue reference: RIC VI Thessalonica 29
Type corpus identifier: ric.6.thes.29

Catalogue references

Research required

Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
Diameter and die axis not transcribed
Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
No rights-cleared photograph identified yet

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