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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 123b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.]

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS 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. Altar in left field, A in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 123b except for laureate helmet. 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) (p. 177, no. 153; earlier part) and (p. 198, no. 291; later part). Note that Bastien lists under this numbers only LUGDUNUM 123b, officina A.

NOTES

Weight 8.50 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1068); possibly no. 291 in Bastien.

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXVII, no. 291); weight 8.74 g [click for picture].

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XV, no. 153b); weight 7.95 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski