6-504

RIC VI, TREVERI [after 504], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D]

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [D].

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D. Not attested for obv. legend 2b and this type of rev. (p. 196).

Attribution disputable. See footnote 1 on p. 196: "The distinction between this [TREVERI 504-510; Genius with modius on head] and the next [TREVERI 511-542; Genius with head towered] reverse is often very hard to make, as the modius may be rubbed or the turreted crown perfunctorily executed. What is certain is that the distinction exists, though coins with the modius are noticeably less common". The present author believes that the last statement is somehow exaggerated.

Coin should be listed after TREVERI 504.

NOTES

Weight 11.06 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 55 (lot 292) in October 2012 for EUR 210.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski