RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 149b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur., cuir., r. holding forward-pointing spear, shield on l. arm.
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. Not attested for obv. legend 4a (p. 251-252). Similar to bust type FF but see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 249. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 188, no. 229). Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 149b.

NOTES

Weight 9.10 g; diameter 25.7-27.4 mm. From: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 15. Teil: Tacitus - Maxentius", Money Trend 2011, no. 3, p. 202, no. 24. Shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXII, no. 229). Other specimens: - from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXV, no. 229b); weight 8.82 g [click for picture].