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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 161a, CONSTANTIUS, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVS•NOB•CS• [CONSTANTIVS • NOB • CS •]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Decorated altar in left field, B in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 161a except for dots in obv. legend. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 197, no. 285). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 249-252.

NOTES

Weight 11.29 g. From Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXVI, no. 285a). Note also rev. variety: altar decorated instead of plain (variety not mentioned in Bastien).

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXVII, no. 285b); weight 10.71 g; rev. legend break P-V; altar plain [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski