RIC VI, LUGDUNUM (?) [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

OBVERSE	MAXIMI-ANVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTV-SAVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; Hercules, naked, kneeling r. on haunches of falling Ceryneian hind and seizing her by antlers.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Possibly minted at Lugdunum in 294. For type cf. also ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]. See also Æ fraction (Lanz 100, lot 466, 1.50 g, 15 mm) attributed as a pre-reform quinarius minted at Lugdunum. Not listed in Depeyrot. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 137, no. An 10α; attributed to "atelier continental"). Coin could be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 1.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.44 g. Bank Leu auction 54 (lot 328), October 1991 (Rome 287/8; 5.0 g); Numismatica Ars Classica auction 11 (lot 529), April 1998 (Lugdunum 294).