Anepigraph

AEL ERI - NA AVG

Bust of Aelia Verina to the right, draped, wearing a diadem of pearls, a necklace of pearls and long earrings. Above, the hand of God crowning her.

Latin cross inside a crown.

Photo of a coin sold the 23/05/2016 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 92, lot 816, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3108290, link to their website: http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

The RIC X, in note for n °614 and 615: "614, 615. Banduri II, 588 also cites with bust Fh3, unlikely". This Fh3 bust is the one with the hand of God crowning Aelia Verina. This coin therefore exists and confirms what the Banduri II had observed.

For the classification of the legends and the form of the letters, click here: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/emperors/romaines-imperiales/aelia-verina. And look at comments of AYC #1. 

I discovered this variant so far unlisted, with hand of God crowning above the bust. All the listed coins were without the hand of God crowning. The RIC X gives the type of bust F3 for all tremissis of this type. So, a bust diademed and draped right, with jewelry at the top of the diadem. The bust Fh3, which is therefore similar but with the hand of God crowning, was unknown for tremissis, before I discovered. This bust Fh3 is the only bust present on Solidi type VICTORI - A AVGGG. This detail is small and unnoticed in big sales. We can therefore wonder if the creators of RIC X have seen these coins or if they missed this detail. It is indeed, easy to confuse the hand with the I of VERINA. I list at the moment, a single obverse die associated with two different reverse dies for the only two coins seen with God's crowning hand. The legend is noted with the V in the form  but the real form is:  inverted. Weight and diameter being an average: both copies have a weight of 1.51 grs and 1.47 grs. This coin, following the same type of bust as the Solidi, is therefore classified as the main type. The type without the hand will be its variant, even if it is the most common.