6-2024

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 105, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.], UNLISTED OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSPAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder [KK var.].

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Plain altar in left field, B in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Bust type similar to KK except for laureate helmet. Note that for this issue RIC does not distinguish plain helmet from laureate helmet or radiate helmet. However, this difference is mentioned in footnotes (cf. footnotes 5, 6 and 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251). Note also that officina B is not attested in RIC.

Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Note that Bastien Lyon (294-316) lists LUGDUNUM 105, officina A separately (p. 177, no. 151).

See also:
LUGDUNUM 105, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.], OFFICINA A

NOTES

Weight 11.74 g. Coin sold on Elsen auction 135 (lot 268) in December 2017 for EUR 220.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski