6-1508

RIC VI, TICINUM [after 29b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-[LIRO]MANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Star in left field. P(retrograde)T in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Bust type not attested for obv. legend 2a (p. 284). Note that portrait on obv. stylistically resembles those from LONDINIUM. Note also retrograde P in exergue. Coin may be regarded as an ancient imitation, but cf. TICINUM 34. Could be listed after TICINUM 31b.

NOTES

Weight 11.70 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on eBay in January 2016 for EUR 53.86 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski