RIC VI, ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-DEBELLAT [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]; Hercules stg. l., fighting Hydra with club in r. hand. PROM in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. The mark PROM was already known to Cohen (cf. Cohen, vol. VI, p. 517, no. 254) and to Voetter (cf. Sammlung Bachofen von Echt, Wien 1903, p. 133, no. 2329). Also Percy H. Webb - the author of RIC V - mentioned that "the exergual mark PR is common on aurei of the new style before and after the Reform. PROM appears after that event" (RIC vol. V, part II, p. 214). Unfortunately, entire AV series with PROM m.m. was omitted in RIC VI, in error. Rev. type and legend not listed in RIC V/2 for Maximian Herculius. The same type and rev. legend listed in RIC VI [TREVERI 9-10,; SISCIA 1-3, 12, 25 (for Diocletian)]. Note that there are attested four varieties of rev. legend: HERCVLI-DEBELLAT, HERCVL-IDEBELLAT, HERCVLID-EBELLAT, and HERC-V-L-IDEBELLAT. Coin should be listed before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT] ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT] ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.99 g. Coin sold on Triton V (lot 2149) in January 2002 for $5,200; sold on Gemini XIII (lot 224) in April 2017 for $13,000. Other specimens: - from the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (ID BZC.1951.6); weight 5.104 g [click for picture]; - sold on Künker auction 270 (lot 8959) in October 2015 for EUR 9,500; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 240 (lot 574) in October 2016 for EUR 11,500; sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 261 (lot 845) in March 2019 for EUR 8,250; offered on Nomisma auction 62 (lot 93) in September 2020; weight 6.25 g (heavier aureus?); rev. legend break L-I [click for picture]; - sold on Künker auction 333 (lot 1459) in March 2020 for EUR 22,000; weight 4.78 g; rev. legend break L-I [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. R1874,0715.117); weight 5.56 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 54 (lot 603) in March 2010 for CHF 16,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 71 (lot 276) in May 2013 for CHF 50,000; weight 4.77 g; rev. legend break D-E [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 117 (lot 351) in October 2019 for CHF 15,000; weight 5.27 g; rev. legend break L-I [click for picture]; - sold on Artemide auction in December 2009 for EUR 13,000; weight 5.41 g; rev. legend break D-E [click for picture]; - sold on Leu Numismatik AG auction 93 (lot 122) in May 2005 for CHF 12,000; weight 5.96 g; rev. legend break C-V-L-I [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch Mail Bid Sale 11 (lot 1208) in September 2006 for EUR 4,200; weight 5.45 g; rev. legend break D-E [click for picture]; - sold on Tkalec/Astarte auction of Bolla Collection (lot 94) in February 2007 for CHF 20,000; weight 4.75 g; rev. legend break L-I [click for picture]; - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.38221); weight 5.42017; rev. legend break L-I [click for picture]; - from Voetter, O., Sammlung Bachofen von Echt, Wien 1903, p. 133 and plate 12, no. 2329; weight 5.55 g; rev. legend break L-I [click for picture]; - from CNG auction XXXII (lot 454), December 1994; weight 6.08 g; rev. legend break L-I [click for picture].