6-1439

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 255], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.

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. Not attested for this issue (p. 260). Similar to bust type B except for presence of cuirass. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. Coin should be listed after LUGDUNUM 255.

NOTES

Weight 6.46 g; diameter 26.6 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 67755) [Thanks to the collaboration of Janusz Kamiński].

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1184); weight 7.38 g [click for picture];

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 229 (lot 1886) in March 2015 for EUR 180; weight 7.05 g [click for picture];

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 233 (lot 2627) in October 2015 for EUR 120; weight 7.00 g [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in July 2019 for GBP 27.06; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski