6-3027

RIC VI, TREVERI [after 181b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSPAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG]; heroic nude bust r.., laur., with piece of drapery on l. shoilder.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. A in left field, Γ in right field. TR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this issue. Clearly different from ordinary A type (laur. head r.). Cf. TREVERI 181b. Similar to type known from earlier Tetrarchy emissions. Cf. Herculius' coin from Siscia, RIC V/2 581 var. (diff. obv. legend). Should be listed in RIC VI after TREVERI 181b.

NOTES

Weight 11.35 g; diameter 28 mm. Rauceby hoard. From Richard Demarco of Carpe Diem Numismatics.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski