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

OBVERSE	DNMAXIM-IANOCAES [D N MAXIMIANO CAES]; 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. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 84, no. 9/14). Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.03 g. Coin sold on Rauch auction 86 (lot 1189) in May 2010 for EUR 3,000. Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 122 (lot 2267) in March 2003 for EUR 3,200 (the same dies); weight 5.38 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 71 (lot 277) in May 2013 for CHF 8,000 (the same dies); weight 5.73 g [click for picture].