RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 54b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., cuir., sceptre over l. shoulder [E].
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. A in left field. PL in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for obv. legend 4b (p. 246). Listed in Margaux Hoard (p. 218, no. 130). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 157, no. 36; coin from Margaux hoard cited). Note that Bastien lists under this number only specimens from officina A. Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 54b.

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Weight 8.52 g; diameter 29 mm. Coin sold on eBay in March 2017 for EUR 365. Other specimens: - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate V, no. 36); weight 9.75 g [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.287); Rauceby Hoard; weight 7.37 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture].