RIC VI, TREVERI 158a, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., head towered, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. B in l. field. TR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to TREVERI 158a (BM B.274, 11.05 g, 27 mm) except for Genius which has head towered instead of modius on head. Variety mentioned in RIC in footnotes. Cf. footnote 1 and 3 on p. 180: "Genius towered-a rare early variant". Probably this variety is not so rare which should be considered in description of TREVERI 149-162. Note also that sometimes the difference between these two types is vague and rather arbitrary. See also: TREVERI 158a, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA A TREVERI 158a, CONSTANTIUS, REVERSE VARIETY, OFFICINA C

NOTES

Weight 10.90 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 108 (lot 1136) in April 2023 for GBP 35. Other specimens: - sold on Kölner Münzkabinett E-Auction 6 (lot 479) in January 2021 for EUR 55; weight 10.22 g; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture].