6-2698

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 169b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVS•NOB•C• [MAXIMIANVS • NOB • C •]; bust l., laur., in imperial mantle. r. holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

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

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 169b except for dots in obv. legend. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 197, no. 283). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 249-252.

NOTES

Weight 11.03 g. From Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXVI, no. 283b).

Other specimens:

- from The New York Sale XIV (lot 421), January 2007; weight 10.21 g; diameter 30 mm; shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXVI, no. 283c) [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXVI, no. 283a); weight 9.21 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski