RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 237], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, Æ TRIAL PIECE [HERCVLI CONSER AVGG ET CAESS NN]

OBVERSE	DNMAXI-MIANOAVG [D N MAXIMIANO AVG] [2d]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLICONSER-AVGGETCAESSNN [HERCVLI CONSER AVGG ET CAESS NN]; Hercules stg. r., head l., r. leaning on club, l. holding bow; lion's skin over l. shoulder; quiver behind r. shoulder. PL in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	Æ TRIAL PIECE. Issue not attested in RIC. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 133, no. 427α). Bastien regards this coin as a trial piece - aureus minted in bronze ("épreuve d'aureus en bronze"). However, such aureus is not known yet. Rev. similar to type minted in Treveri. Cf. for example TREVERI [after 44]. Coin could be listed before LUGDUNUM 237.

NOTES

Weight 3.68 g. From Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXVI, no. 427α).