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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 94b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, MINT ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAX[IMIA]NVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMAN[I] [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. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINT ERROR. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 94b except for absence of officina letter in right field. Apparently mint error: weak strike or clogged die. Note that some specimens now attributed as belonging to the issue altar/PLC (LUGDUNUM 70-72) may in fact belong to the same category.

NOTES

Weight 9.17 g; diameter 29 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 13 (lot 1481) in August 2020 for CHF 155.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski