RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 232], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMINVSNOBC [GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar to l. N in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists only shorter variant ended with ...N C [LUGDUNUM 232; specimen from BM cited in RIC]. See also footnote 5 on p. 258: "Maur. [Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne] ii, p. 79 erroneously attributes to the Caesars the fuller - NOB C legend". Apparently, Maurice was right. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 233, no. 456). Coin should be listed before LUGDUNUM 232 or after LUGDUNUM 239.

NOTES

Weight 7.40 g; diameter 25-26 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2011 for USD 20. Now in the Zenon M. Collection. Other specimens: - from Bridgend Hoard (p. 202, 214 and plate 40, no. 444); note error in rev. legend: ...POP ORM instead of ...POP ROM; weight 7.73 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate L, no. 456b); weight 5.73 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate L, no. 456a); weight 5.56 g [click for picture].