
RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 255], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
OBVERSE
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IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
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REVERSE
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GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae; altar to l. PLC in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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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.
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NOTES
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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].
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