RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 105, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.], OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	IMPMAXIMIANVSPAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder [KK var.].
REVERSE	GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Plain altar in left field, A in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Bust type similar to KK except for laureate helmet. Note that for this issue RIC does not distinguish plain helmet from laureate helmet or radiate helmet. However, this difference is mentioned in footnotes (cf. footnote 5, 6 ans 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 177, no. 151). Note that Bastien lists under this number only LUGDUNUM 105, officina A. Officina B is not attested in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. See also: LUGDUNUM 105, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.], UNLISTED OFFICINA B

NOTES

Weight 9.83 g; diameter 27.41-27.92 mm. Sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 277) in March 2017 for EUR 320. Ex Dattari. Now in the collection of Brutus. Other specimens: - sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 45 (lot 602) in December 2018 for GBP 490; weight 9.76 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XV, no. 151a); weight 7.49 g [click for picture].