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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 139], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [N]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., cuir., l. holding forward-pointing spear, shield on r. arm [N].

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, B in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - N. Not attested for obv. legend 3a (p. 251-252). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 186, no. 214). Coin should be listed after LUGDUNUM 139.

NOTES

Weight 7.94 g; diameter 28 mm. Ex Numismatik Lanz auction 132 (lot 518), November 2006; sold on CGB live auction (brm_403333) in September 2016 for EUR 350.

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XX, no. 214); weight 9.64 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski