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RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 55], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. B [officina letter worn and uncertain] in left field. PL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. RIC lists for Constantius similar consular bust type [LUGDUNUM 58] but turned left. Coin shouled be listed after LUGDUNUM 55.

NOTES

Weight 11.19 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on eBay in May 2011 for $119.54.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski