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). 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]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica Autumn Sale 2024 (lot 1053), September-October 2024 for CHF 3,500; weight 5.02 g; diameter 18 mm; rev. legend breaks I-P-I; Partinico Hoard no. 125; shown in Drost (plate 19, no. 23b/1) [click for picture].