RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 85], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [AA]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXIMIANVSAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust l., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding Victory, club over l. shoulder [AA].
REVERSE	GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar in left field, B in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - AA. Not attested for obv. legend 2b (p. 249). For details of this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 248. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (p. 43, no. 196α) and additional example in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 131, no. 196α). Should be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 85.

NOTES

Weight 9.69 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 40 (lot 841) in May 2007 for CHF 4,250. Shown in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXV, no. 196α b). Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1976,0516.3); weight 10.17 g; shown in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (plate VII, no. 196α). [click for picture].