Constantius I IOVI AVGG from Lugdunum

[Victor]

I just got a group of coins in from France. They were mostly late 3rd century. As I was looking them over, I was actually surprised by them...many of them were very nice and a few were fairly rare with some from Lugdunum. This struck me as a small collection that someone had probably purposely put together over the years, with a variety of rulers (Probus, Carus, Carinus, Aurelian, Severina, Tacitus, Gallienus, Claudius II, Diocletian, Constantius I, Constantine I) and no duplication of reverses. My gain, though, probably means someone's loss, as I would not expect to see this assortment of coins sold together unless someone had passed away. Maybe sold by a family member with no interest at all in the coins, in fact, they were sent all jumbled together in a small bag.

Here is a nice one from the group- a Constantius I from Lugdunum. RIC only lists this issue with the longer obverse legend of FL VAL CONSTANTIVS (RIC 629). It is not in Bastien either.

Constantius I
A.D. 293
Ӕ Antoninianus
21x22mm    2.1gm
CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
IOVI AVGG; Jupiter seated left, holding victory on globe and scepter.
In ex. I
cf. RIC V Lugdunum 629

[Genio popvli romani]

Congratulations ! Great find !

Do you have (and check if so) "suppléments 1 & 2" of Bastien ?
Anyway, it is worth to post in this thread because some of the scholars who are working on "supplément 3" are sometimes checking (and comment) the posted coins. http://www.forumfw.com/t12806-aureliani-de-lyon-de-diocletien-et-de-ses-coregents

[Victor]

Do you have (and check if so) "suppléments 1 & 2" of Bastien ?

Yes, I checked the supplements and it is not listed there either.

[Genio popvli romani]

Unicum ! 

[Victor]

Unicum ! 

I wish 

There are probably so many coins like this one, tucked away somewhere, until someone sells them on eBay...then they are "discovered"

[Genio popvli romani]

Yes in deed ! But in the other hand, some late roman issues are small and some of these coins have been quickly thesaurised due to the concatenation of the emperors and/or monetary reforms. So, there are coins that would never be discovered and some others, like yours, only kown by one or a few specimens.
It is also interesting to see that some hoard finds "kill" the rarity of some issues  by a few new specimens whereas  in absolute terms there are only very few coins available.