RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 167a, CONSTANTIUS, BUST TYPE VARIETY [U var.]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVS•NOB•C [CONSTANTIVS • NOB • C]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder [U var.].
REVERSE	GENIOPO-PVLIROMANI [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 167a with bust type U except for slightly different bust which could be described as cuirassed and draped instead of cuirassed only. Note also dots in obv. legend (variety not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II.). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 249-252.

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Weight 8.52 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on Themis Numismatics auction 8 (lot 453) in October 2020 for EUR 90.