RIC VI, ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]

OBVERSE	MAXIMIA-NVSPFAVG [MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., in lion's skin.
REVERSE	HERCVLI-DEBELLAT [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]; Hercules stg. r., fighting Hydra with club in r. hand. 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 but cf. similar type with Hydra to l. (p. 83, no. 9/6). Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT] ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT] ROMA [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [HERCVLI DEBELLAT]

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Lighter aureus. Weight 5.57 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 84 (lot 1169) in May 2015 for CHF 50,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction XX (lot 679) in October 2020 for GBP 40,000. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 100 (lot 617) in May 2017 for CHF 75,000; weight 5.43 g [click for picture].