RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 106, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [MM var.]

OBVERSE	IMPMAXIMIANVSPAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [MM 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, B in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Bust type similar to MM 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. footnotes 5, 6 and 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (183, no. 198). RIC mentions that specimen from officina A has radiate helmet (footnote 5 on p. 250). However, Bastien Lyon (294-316) lists this type separately (p. 198, no. 289; see picture).

NOTES

Weight 13.48 g; diameter 28 mm. From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Collection (inventory no. 06648). Other specimens: - sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 320) in October 2006 for EUR 530; weight 9.18 g; diameter 28.5 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXV, no. 198e; should be "c"); weight 8.54 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XIX, no. 198a); weight 8.73 g; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XIX, no. 198b); weight 10.73 g [click for picture].