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RIC VI Siscia 196

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RIC VI Siscia 196, Aureus, Gold, struck at Siscia, 308–309 AD. Obverse: bust of galeria valeria, wearing crescent-diadem, sometimes wearing necklace, draped, 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 about 4.3 g, diameter 19.2 mm.
obverse RIC VI Siscia 196
reverse RIC VI Siscia 196
mint Siscia weight 4.33g (3)
ruler Licinius diameter ⌀19.2 (2)
denomination Aureus axis 9↕ (2)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Galeria Valeria, wearing crescent-diadem, sometimes wearing necklace, draped, facing front on crescent, head right

GAL VALERIA AVG
reverse

Venus, draped, standing front, head left, holding up apple with right hand, raising drapery over left shoulder with left hand

VENERI - VICTRICI or VENERI - V-I-CTRICI
specimens (3)
British Museum 4.90g 6↕
British Museum (RIC VI)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2.52g ⌀18.0

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RIC VI Siscia 196 (ric.6.sis.196), 308–309 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-vi-siscia-196/ (accessed: 2026-08-19). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA