RIC VI, ROMA 151, CONSTANTINE, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	CONSTANT-INVSNOBC [CONSTANTINVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPI-IVVENTVT [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]; prince stg. l., in military dress, r. holding ensign, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. RIC lists for this type only one rev. legend break: I-I but note that so far four different rev. legend breaks are attested: I-I, I-PI-I-V, I-PI-I and I-P-I, which could make in RIC four separate entries (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62) (cf. TRIER 18-21 or CONSTANTINOPLE 93-94). However, RIC is not consistent in this matter (cf. ROMA 150 with four different rev. legend breaks listed under one number). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 86, no. 14/12). Listed in Drost (p. 300, no. 23).

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 4.83 g; diameter 18 mm. Ex Santamaria 1951 (Ex nummis historia IV) (lot 553). Sold on Heritage Auctions auction 3097 (lot 30107) in January 2022 for USD 26,400. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1868,0331.1); weight 4.71 g; rev. legend breaks I-PI-I-V; shown in Drost (plate 19, no. 23c/2) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 23a/1); weight 5.37 g; obv. legend break N-T; rev. legend breaks I-PI-I; Partinico Hoard no. 121 [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 23b/1); weight 5.32 g; rev. legend breaks I-P-I; Partinico Hoard no. 125 [click for picture].