RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 259], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, BUST TYPE D

OBVERSE	IMPCMAVALMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C M A VAL MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae; altar to l. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Constantine (p. 261). The presence of Maxentius probably shows a short-lived turn in Constamntine's politics. Cf. also LUGDUNUM 256 (6.70 g) and LUGDUNUM 274 (Paris AF 8990, 6.94 g). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 236, no. 473 = LUGDUNUM 256) but note that Bastien does not distinguish between Genius with modius and Genius towered. Listed in Drost (p. 341, no. 2). Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 259. See also: LUGDUNUM [after 259], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, BUST TYPE A

NOTES

Weight 5.64 g; diameter 28 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 25446). Also shown in Drost (plate 57, no. 2/1).