RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 224, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	DNMAXIMIANOPFSAVG [D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head turreted, loin draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. S in left field, C in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Generally for LUGDUNUM 217-224 Genius is described with "modius on head", but sometimes Genius is rather turreted or towered (see footnote 4 on p. 257: "Variety at Oxford with Genius turreted for Constantine"). See example of LUGDUNUM 224 with Genius with modius on head. Variety not considered in Bastien Lyon (294-316).

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Weight 6.93 g; diameter 25 mm. Ex Freeman & Sear Mail bid Sale 14 (lot 476), June 2007. Now in the Robert Bernobich Collection.