RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 56], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., 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. B in left field. PL in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for obv. legend 3a (p 246). Note that RIC erroneously claims in description of bust type E that sceptre is held over right shoulder, not left. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 127, no. 37α). Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 56.

NOTES

Weight 13.00 g; diameter 29 mm. From Richard Demarco of Carpe Diem Numismatics. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in April 2017 for EUR 251; weight 9.29 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXII, no. 37α); weight 11.01 g; rev legend break P-V [click for picture].