RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 137], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K var.]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder, shield on r. arm [K var.].
REVERSE	GENIOPOPVLIROMANI [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	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K var. Not attested for obv. legend 3a (p. 251-252). Similar to bust K (cuirassed only) or H (draped only) but draped and cuirassed. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 130, no. 162α; bust F*6 described as cuirassed or cuirassed and draped). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 248; BUSTS D, E, H and J. Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 137.

NOTES

Weight 10.67 g; diameter 27 mm. Sold on CGB Monnaies 7 (lot 404) in July 1999 for FF 1,500. From Collection Claude Pisana no. 326. Shown in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXIV, no. 162α).