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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 6, CONSTANTIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

CONSTASTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTASTIVS (sic!) NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPVLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. LB in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 6 except for CONSTASTIVS in obv. legend instead of CONSTANTIVS. Variety mentioned in Bastien Lyon (294-316) in footnote 2 on p. 156. Obviously an engraver's error.

NOTES

Coin sold on Morton & Eden auction 108 (lot 336) in October 2020 for GBP 1,100 [lot of 33 coins].

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1907,1009.47); weight 9.68 g [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate IV, no. 28g); weight 10.18 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski