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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 153, CONSTANTIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder [KK var.].

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [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 153 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. 178, no. 158). Note that Bastien lists under this number only LUGDUNUM 153, officina A; all three illustrated specimens with laureate helmet. Officina B is listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) separately (p. 185, no. 208); all two illustrated specimens with plain helmet.

NOTES

Weight 11.9 g; diameter 26.5 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.275).

Other specimens:

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 0000.999.677); weight 11.86 g; diameter 26 mm; spear instead of sceptre; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.274); weight 9.62 g; diameter 26 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- sold on Elsen auction 160 (lot 441) in November 2024 for EUR 900; weight 10.36 g; spear instead of sceptre; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.1139); weight 9.82 g; diameter 28 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from the Staatliche Münzsammlung München (reg. no. 18-00249); weight 10,79 g; diameter 29.8 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_289662), sold for EUR 750; weight 8.25 g; diameter 28 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1091); weight 9.28 g; ; rev. legend break P-V; shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 158b) [click for picture];

- from CGB E-Shop (brm_262618), sold for EUR 450; weight 8.51 g; diametere 26.5 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- sold on Priapus Numismatics auction 1 (lot 1170) in November 2023 for GBP 85; weight 10.71 g; diametere 28 mm; spear instead of sceptre; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 158a); weight 11.90 g [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 158c); weight 9.08 g; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.318); Rauceby Hoard; weight 11.13 g; diameter 29 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture].

NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski