RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 6b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CONSULAR]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., in mantle.
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. Not attested for obv. legend 2a (p. 124). Listed in Cloke-Toone (1.03.007). Note that mantle could be sometimes confused with elaborate cuirass. Cf. example of LONDINIUM 6b (Leu web auction 32, lot 2242, 9.78 g, 28 mm; Rauceby Hoard). Coin should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 6b.

NOTES

Weight 10.37 g; diameter 28 mm. Ex Dattari. Sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 275) in March 2017 for EUR 100; sold on CNG auction 121 (lot 962) in October 2022 for USD 600. Other specimens: - from Mossop (plate VII, no. 7) [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.11); Rauceby Hoard; weight 10.28 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from Magny-Cours Hoard (1, no. 17); weight 10.75 g [click for picture].