RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 141, CONSTANTIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [Q var.]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder [Q 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. Bust type similar to Q 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 6 and 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251).

NOTES

Weight 11.12 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1081). Other specimens: - sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 312) in March 2017 for EUR 1,750; ex Dattari [click for picture].