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

OBVERSE	DNCONSTA-NTIOCAES [D N CONSTANTIO CAES]; head r., rad., with slight drapery visible on l. shoulder.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIVVEN-TVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. globe. 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. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 84, no. 9/10). 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]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.37 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. R.130). Other specimens: - sold on Bank Leu auction 2 (lot 444) in April 1972 for CHF 7,500; sold on Künker auction 304 (lot 1349) in March 2018 for EUR 8,000; weight 5.55 g [click for picture]; - from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18225705); weight 5.62 g; diameter 18 mm; [click for picture]; - sold on Auctiones eAuction 27 (lot 57) in June 2014 for CHF 1,100; sold on eBay in July 2014 for USD 1,775; weight 5.446 g; diameter 17.33 mm [click for picture].