6-2972

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 82], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [P]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCM[A]XIMIANVSAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., r. holding forward-pointing spear, shield on l. arm [P].

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMA[NI] [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar in left field, A in right field. P[L]C in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - P. Not attested for obv. legend 2b (p. 249). The presence of cuirass could be questionable but note traces of cuirass on neck. Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 82.

NOTES

Weight 9.35 g; diameter 29 mm. From TimeLine Auctions (no. 215247) [Thanks to the collaboration of Dane Kurth].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski