RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 148, CONSTANTIUS, OFFICINA A [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur., cuir., r. hand raised, shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar in left field, A in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CONFIRMATION]. Listed in RIC but with remark: "Confirmation of this issue needed" (footnote 8 on p. 251). Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (p. 43, no. 169α; bust type erroneously marked J*1, should be J*3). See also: LUGDUNUM 148, CONSTANTIUS, OFFICINA B [CONFIRMATION]

NOTES

Weight 11.18 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Drouot auction (lot 63) in November 2020 for EUR 4,200 [lot of 24 coins] [Thanks to the collaboration of Myriam Phéline]. Other specimens: - from Bastien Lyon - supplément I (plate VII, no. 169α); weight 9.66 g; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture].