6-1951

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 190b, CONSTANTINE, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBIC [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOBI (sic!) C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae, altar to l. Star in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 190b except for NOBI in obv. elgend instead of NOBIL. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 8.05 g; diameter 26 mm. Note an engraver's error in obv. legend: CONSTANTINVC instead of CONSTANTINVS. Sold on VCoins (Hookmoor Ancient Coins) for GBP 95.

Other specimens:

- from Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 6.92 g; diameter 25.3-28.0 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski