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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 134, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, [CONFIRMATION]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., sceptre over l. shoulder.

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

[CONFIRMATION]. Type cited in RIC after Voetter with note 6 on p. 251: "Confirmation needed". Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 188, no. 226) and Bastien Lyon - supplément I (no. 226b). Bust type is marked in RIC as G, but there is a slight error in description. Should be: sceptre over left shoulder instead of right.

NOTES

Weight 8.42 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on eBay in March 2017 for EUR 145 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXI, no. 226); weight 9.40 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski