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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 154, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.], OFFICINA A

  

OBVERSE

MAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder [KK var.].

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [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. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Bust type similar to KK except for laureate helmet instead of plain helmet. For this issue RIC does not distinguish plain helmet from laureate helmet or radiate helmet. However, this difference is mentioned in footnotes (cf. footnotes 5, 6 and 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251).

Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 180, no. 172). Note that Bastien lists under this number only LUGDUNUM 154, officina A; one illustrated specimen with laureate helmet. Officina B is listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) separately (p. 187, no. 223); one illustrated specimen with laureate helmet.

See also:
LUGDUNUM 154, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, BUST TYPE VARIETY [KK var.], UNLISTED OFFICINA B

NOTES

Weight 8.58 g. From Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XVII, no. 172).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski