Anepigraph


Reference : AYC #5 var, RIC 615
Weight: 1.49 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 14.00 mm
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

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.

anepigraph

Latin cross inside a crown.

Marks

CONOB
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 05/04/2020 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 88, lot 821, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6933793, link to their website: http://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.

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.

As I said in AYC # 1, the RIC listed legends with variants V, Y etc ... without knowing which copies were used for the analysis of letters. Legends noted  were they actually with V letters? Still, the officina letter has a Y shape, let's be clear: that is to say a V with a wide base. As on this copy where we can clearly see that the officina letter A has the same shape as the Y, but upside down. Anyway, the letters A on all types have the same shape as the Y's (which I describe as V with a wide base).