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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 40], SEVERUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

   

OBVERSE

IMPCSEVERVSPIVSFELAVG [IMP C SEVERVS PIVS FEL AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

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 OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for this issue (p. 127). Listed in Cloke-Toone (4.04.002). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 40.

NOTES

Weight 9.98 g; diameter 30 mm. Coin sold on Artemide Aste auction LIX (lot 710) in May 2023 for EUR 850.

Other specimens:

- sold on Spink auction 8006 (lot 1178) in March 2008 for GBP 420 [lot of 2 coins]; sold on CNG eAuction 575 (lot 683) in November 2024 for USD 600; weight 9.81 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.64); weight 9.87 g [click for picture];

- from Stewartby - London Mint (p. 188, no. 12 and plate XXXII, no. 12); weight 8.99 g [click for picture];

- from Bridgend Hoard (p. 189, 210 and plate 33, no. 51); weight 9.53 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski