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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1750. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. WITHDRAWN. Bidding Closed Estimate $15000 

                              WITHDRAWN. GALERIA VALERIA, wife of Galerius, 
                              daughter of Diocletian. Augusta, 293(?)-311 AD. AV 
                              Aureus (5.38 gm, 12h). Siscia mint. Struck circa 
                              308-309 AD. GAL VALE-RIA AVG, diademed and draped 
                              bust facing, head right, crescent incorporated 
                              into drapery / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing 
                              facing, head left, holding up apple and raising 
                              drapery over shoulder; star in left field; SIS. 
                              RIC VI 196 var. (no star); Depeyrot 11/7 var. 
                              (same); Calicó 4969 var. (same); Christie’s (The 
                              Property of a Lady, 9 October 1984), lot 152 var. 
                              (same); British Museum Acquisition No. 11833 var. 
                              (same). Good VF, beautifully centered on a broad 
                              flan; probably once in jewelry: the surface 
                              lightly polished, with a number of unobtrusive 
                              marks on the edge. Extremely rare, unpublished 
                              with the star. ($15,000)

                              Though none of the published examples bear a star 
                              on the reverse they all exhibit a nearly identical 
                              style to this specimen, including the peculiar 
                              incorporation of the crescent into, rather than 
                              below, the bust.








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