6-1641

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 56], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E var.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., sceptre over l. shoulder [E var.].

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for obv. legend 3a (p 246). Note that Caesar is holding sceptre over left shoulder instead of right. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 127, no. 37α). Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 56.

NOTES

Weight 9.29 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on eBay in April 2017 for EUR 251.

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXII, no. 37α); weight 11.01 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski