Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. over altar at feet, to l., and cornucopia in l.; H in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTIVS NOB CAES (Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POP-VLI RvMΛNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PL
Bibliography: RIC VI 53A var.
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the PL in the exergue on the reverse and [B] in the field on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum. As opposed to the RIC type, the mintmark is on the r. of the reverse, rather than the l.
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