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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 155, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, BUST TYPE VARIETY [LL var.]

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., r. holding Victory on globe [LL 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. Bust type similar to LL except for laureate helmet instead of plain 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. 181, no. 180; one illustrated specimen with laureate helmet).

NOTES

Weight 8.94 g. From Collection Claude Pisana no. 326. Shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVII, no. 180).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski