RIC VI, ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMIN-VSNOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCI-P-IIVVENTVT [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]; prince stg. l., in military dress, r. holding ensign, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROMA 149 (BM 1864,1128.173, 5.05 g) except for prince holding one ensign instead of stg. between two ensigns. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 369. Note that so far three different rev. legend breaks are attested: I-P-I, I-PI-I-V and I-I, which could make in RIC three separate entries (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 86, no. 14/10). Listed in Drost (p. 299, no. 20) as corrected ROMA 149 (listed on p. 299, no. 22). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 149. See also: ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.32 g. Partinico Hoard no. 115. Sold on Gemini II (lot 514) in January 2006 for USD 9,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 105 (lot 114) in May 2018 for CHF 11,000. Shown in Drost (plate 19, no. 20a/1). Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 25095); weight 6.26 g; diameter 18 mm; shown in Drost (plate 19, no. 20c/1) [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 114 (lot 863) in May 2019 for CHF 9,000; weight 5.32 g; obv. legend break V-S; rev. legend break I-I; shown in Drost (plate 19, no. 20d/1); Partinico Hoard no. 116 [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 20b/2); weight 5.42 g; rev. legend breaks I-PI-I-V [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 20b/1); weight 5.57 g; rev. legend breaks I-PI-I-V [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 20d/2); weight 5.02 g; obv. legend break V-S; rev. legend break I-I; Partinico Hoard no. 117 [click for picture].