RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 173], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE VARIETY [MM var.]

OBVERSE	VIRTVSCONSTANTINOBCS [VIRTVS CONSTANTI NOB CS]; bust l., rad., helm., cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [MM var.].
REVERSE	GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Decorated altar in left field, B in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE VARIETY. Obv. legend similar to 3e except for ...NOB CS instead of ...NOB C. Bust type similar to MM except for radiate helmet. For this issue RIC does not distinguish plain helmet from laureate helmet or radiate helmet. However, this difference is mentioned in footnotes (cf. footnotes 5, 6 and 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251). Note also altar decorated with saltire cross. Listed in Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (p. 109, no. 348). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 187, no. 220; decoration of altar not mentioned). Coin should be listed before LUGDUNUM 173.

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Weight 11.28 g; diameter 27 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.352). Shown in Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (plate III, no. 348) and in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXI, no. 220b). Other specimens: - from Tkalec auction in May 2006 (lot 243); weight 10.77 g; diameter 29 mm; altar plain [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch eAuction 301 (lot 243) in February 2024 for EUR 1,900; weight 11.31 g; diameter 28 mm; altar with saltire cross [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXV, no. 220c); weight 9.61 g; altar plain [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXI, no. 220a); weight 10.17 g; altar with saltire cross [click for picture].