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VICTORIA AVGG

Reference : AYC #3, RIC 1702
Weight: 4.40 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 21.00 mm
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N IOVIN - VS P F AVG

Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Jovinus to the right.

VICTOR - IA AVGG

The emperor standing right, holding a standard with the right hand, a victory with the left hand and placing his foot on a captive on the ground with his hands tied. The victory is placed on a globe, crowns the emperor and holds a palm. The standard is decorated with a cross with a dot at each corner.

Marks

A
R
COMOB
Numéro :

Photo from the catalog quoted below, with kind permission of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, link to Gallica for download the catalog https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98075279/f153.item.

Photo from the sale Adolph Hess, Luzern, 18/12/1933, lot 1110, plate 33. Coin illustrated in the RIC X plate 46, n°1702. Source: 72.1110.

It seems obvious that the coins AYC #1, RIC 1708, the AYC # 2, RIC - and the copy illustrated in the RIC X plate 46, n°1702 (this coin), have three obverse dies made by the same engraver.