RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 256], MAXENTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [A]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAVALMAXENTIVSPFAVG [IMP C M A VAL MAXENTIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur. [A].
REVERSE	GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae; altar to l. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - A. Not attested for obv. legend 4a (p. 261). The presence of Maxentius probably shows a short-lived turn in Constamntine's politics. Cf. also LUGDUNUM 256 (Wien RÖ 25446, 5.64 g, 28 mm) and LUGDUNUM 274 (Paris AF 8990, 6.94 g). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 236, no. 472); but note that Bastien does not distinguish between Genius with modius and Genius towered. Listed in Drost (p. 341, no. 1). Should be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 256.

NOTES

Weight 5.43 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1183). Shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LIII, no. 472) and in Drost (plate 57, no. 1/1). Other specimens: - from RDTH, p. 156, figure 9.6; Tomares hoard [click for picture].