6-1951

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 190b, CONSTANTINE, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBIC [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOBI (sic!) C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar to l. Star in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 190b except for NOBI in obv. legend instead of NOBIL. Listed in Cher Hoards (p. 70, no. 267). Probably an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 7.44 g; diameter 26 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.304). Shown in Cher Hoards (plate VII, no. 267).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski