RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 85], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [AA]

OBVERSE	IMPCMAXIMIANVSAVG [IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG]; bust l., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding Victory, club over l. shoulder [AA].
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, B in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - AA. Not attested for obv. legend 2b (p. 249). For details of this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 248. Coin should be listed before LUGDUNUM 85.

NOTES

Weight 9.69 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 40 (lot 841) in May 2007 for CHF 4,250. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1976,0516.3); weight 10.17 g [click for picture].