6-2236

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SAECVLARES AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSAVG [MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust facing, wearing laurel crown adorned with gemstone, dr., cuir.

REVERSE

S-AECVL-ARESAVGG [SAECVLARES AVGG]; elephant walking l., guided by rider with goad.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Probably belongs to pre-reform coinage from Lugdunum. See also: Dominique Hollard, "Un nouveau denier lyonnais au portrait de face lié aux décennales de Dioclétien", BSFN 2011, no. 10, p. 294-298. Coin could be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 1.

See also:
LUGDUNUM [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA AVGG]
LUGDUNUM [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [SALVS AVGG]

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 2.81 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on Bertolami Fine Art web auction 92 (lot 1522) in October 2020 for GBP 1,630.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski