RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 156, CONSTANTIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [MM var.]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder, studded shield on l. arm [MM 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. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 156 with bust MM 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. 178, no. 159). Note that Bastien lists under this number only LUGDUNUM 156, officina A; one illustrated specimen with laureate helmet. Officina B is listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) separately (p. 185, no. 209); all six illustrated specimens with plain helmet.

NOTES

Weight 10.49 g; diameter 28.50 mm. Coin sold on CGB e-Monnaies September 2015 (brm_364495) for EUR 1,200. - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVI, no. 159); weight 7.30 g [click for picture];