RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 41], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. B in left field. LP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this issue (p. 244). RIC lists for LUGDUNUM 41 (BM B.1043, 9.61 g; cited in RIC) similar bust type but with forward-pointing spear. Listed in Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (p. 107, no. 307). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 165, no. 81). Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 41.

NOTES

Weight 9.08 g; diameter 29 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.213). Other specimens: - from the Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (no. 06645); weight 8.06 g; diameter 25-29 mm [click for picture]; - from Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (plate III, no. 307); weight 9.08 g [click for picture].