RIC VI, ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

OBVERSE	DNCONSTA-NTIONOBC [D N CONSTANTIO NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIVV-ENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. l. in military dress, r. holding standard, l. leaning on sceptre. 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. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: V-E and I-PIIV-V, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 84, no. 9/12). Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

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Aureus. Weight 5.37 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 49 (lot 437) in October 2008 for CHF 4,000; sold on Hess Divo auction 336 (lot 193) in May 2019 for CHF 7,000; sold on Nomos auction 23 (lot 254) in November 2021 for CHF 10,000. Other specimens: - sold on Nomos auction 19 (lot 349) in November 2019 for CHF 8,000; weight 5.35 g; diameter 18.5 mm; rev. legend breaks I-PIIV-V [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51 (lot 412) in March 2009 for CHF 14,000; weight 5.74 g [click for picture]; - from Hirsch auction 24 (lot 349), April 1964; weight 5.75 g [click for picture]; - from Numismatica Ars Classica auction 10 (lot 693) in April 1997; weight 5.74 g [click for picture]; - from: Costadin Kisiov, Ilya Prokopov, Constantin Dotchev, Numismatic Riches of Archeological Museum - Plovdiv, Sofia 1998, p. 48, no. 200; weight 5.25 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].