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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 21], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CONSULAR]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur., in mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Consular bust is not attested for this issue. Listed in Cloke-Toone (2.01.016). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 15.

NOTES

Weight 8.411 g; diameter 26-27 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1927,0616.71; bust described as "cuirassed").

Other specimens:

- sold on Solidus Numismatik Online-Auktion 12 (lot 483) in February 2017 for EUR 650; weight 9.16 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski