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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 129a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAESA [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAESA (sic!)]; bust r., laur., cuir.

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 OBVERSE LEGEND. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 129a except for CAESA in obv. legend instead of CAES. Possibly an engraver's error. Not mentioned in Bastien Lyon (294-316).

NOTES

Weight 9.12 g; diameter 26 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 99 (lot 151) in October 2004 for USD 227 [Thanks to the collaboration of Paweł Zawora].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski