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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 153, CONSTANTIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; 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. Altar in left field, A in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 153 except for laureate helmet. 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).

Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 178, no. 158). Note that Bastien lists under this number only LUGDUNUM 153, officina A; all three illustrated specimens with laureate helmet. Officina B is listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) separately (p. 185, no. 208); all two illustrated specimens with plain helmet.

NOTES

Weight 8.25 g; diameter 28 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_289662), sold for EUR 750.

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1091); weight 9.28 g; shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 158b) [click for picture];

- from CGB E-Shop (brm_262618), sold for EUR 450; weight 8.51 g; diametere 26.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Priapus Numismatics auction 1 (lot 1170) in November 2023 for GBP 85; weight 10.71 g; diametere 28 mm; spear instead of sceptre? [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 158a); weight 11.90 g; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 158c); weight 9.08 g [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.318); Rauceby hoard; weight 11.13 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski