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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8280610, member: 26430&quot;](I consider that late enough, Donna!)</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT OOPS! MY FIRST ONE DIDN&#039;T COUNT -- TRIER NOT LYON!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately I don&#039;t have my favorite type of LRBC from Lyon handy (the Constantine VLPP&#039;s with captives back-to-back in exergue, which served as Lyon&#039;s mintmark [<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=captives+%22in+exergue%22+lyon+319&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=captives+%22in+exergue%22+lyon+319&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1" rel="nofollow">ACSearch examples</a>])</p><p><br /></p><p>For a VERY Late one (do we ever call them VLRBCs?), a Gratian AE2 with kneeling female figure (personification of &quot;The Republic&quot;?...they&#039;re weird). Exergue LVGP for Lugdunum:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462379[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Late Roman Imperial. Gratian (Augustus, 367-383 CE) AE Centenionalis</b> or Maiorina (24mm, 6h). Lyon, c. 378-383.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: DN GRATIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: REPARATIO REIPVB, emperor standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe in left hand and raising kneeling, turreted woman with right hand; S to right. Exergue: LVGP.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RIC 28 a.</p><p><b>Prov</b>: Ex-Lucernae Numismatica (Antonio Hinojosa Pareja, Alcala la Real, Spain) Group Lot (c. 2005-2014).</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>NEXT: HOW ABOUT ANOTHER VERY LATE ROMAN BRONZE COIN</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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