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

OBVERSE	DNMAXIMI-ANONOBC [D N MAXIMIANO NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPI-IVVENTVT [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. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 84, no. 9/9; rev. legend given as unbroken). Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT] ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 4.93 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1896,0608.93). Other specimens: - sold on Varesi Asta Numismatica (lot 48) in November 2017 for EUR 11,000; weight 5.61 g [click for picture]; - sold on Gadoury Monaco 2018 (lot 180) in November 2018 for EUR 10,500; sold on Gadoury Monaco 2022 (lot 96) in October 2022 for EUR 11,000; weight 5.64 g [click for picture]; - sold on Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio August 2016 ANA for USD 18,000 (lot 20171); weight 5.28 g [click for picture].