RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 255], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE or [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae; altar to l. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Similar to bust type B (LUGDUNUM 255) except for presence of cuirass. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 236, no. 470 = LUGDUNUM 255) with bust A*2. Note, however, that according to Bastien's typology bust seen from rear is always draped and cuirassed. Additionally, Bastien does not distinguish between Genius with modius and Genius towered, so LUGDUNUM 259 is also listed under the same number. Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 255 or as LUGDUNUM 255 [CORRECTION].

NOTES

Weight 6.46 g; diameter 26.6 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 67755) [Thanks to the collaboration of Janusz Kamiński]. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1184); weight 7.38 g [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 229 (lot 1886) in March 2015 for EUR 180; weight 7.05 g [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 233 (lot 2627) in October 2015 for EUR 120; weight 7.00 g [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in July 2019 for GBP 27.06; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in October 2024 for GBP 30; weight 6.50 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LII, no. 470a); weight 6.44 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LII, no. 470b); weight 5.90 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LII, no. 470c); weight 4.80 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LII, no. 470d); weight 6.96 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LII, no. 470e); weight 6.28 g [click for picture].