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. At least the second variety also exists: I-PI-I-V. Note that different rev. break sometimes makes in RIC separate entry (cf. 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).

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 [click for picture].