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

OBVERSE	DNCONSTA-NTIOCAES [D N CONSTANTIO CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIVVENTVT [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]; 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. Not listed in Depeyrot. Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]

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Lighter aureus. Weight 5.38 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on CNG Triton XXVI (lot 843) in January 2023 for USD 8,500.