6-757

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 141], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., lion's skin on r. shoulder, club over l. shoulder.

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [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. RIC lists for obv. legend 3a similar bust type [BB], but turned left [LUGDUNUM 147] (p. 251). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 141.

NOTES

Weight 9.78 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 325) in October 2006 for EUR 1,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski