RIC VI, ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

OBVERSE	DNCONSTA-NTIOCAES [D N CONSTANTIO CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIVV-ENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. l. in military dress, r. holding standard, l. leaning on sceptre. 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. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: V-E and I-PIIV-V, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Cohen, vol. VII, p. 80, no. 233. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 84, no. 9/13). Should be listed in RIC before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.07 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Münzen & Medaillen auction 92 (lot 282), November 2002; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 80 (lot 240) in October 2014 for CHF 28,000. Other specimens: - ex Numismatica Ars Classica auction 27 (lot 506), May 2004; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 40 (lot 846) in May 2007 for CHF 8,500; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 132 (lot 622) in May 2022 for CHF 15,000; weight 5.06 g; diameter 19 mm; rev. legend breaks I-PIIV-V [click for picture]; - sold on Ira & Larry Goldberg auction 72 (lot 4211) in February 2013 for USD 23,000; weight 5.8 g [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics auction V (lot 880) in March 2013 for GBP 5,000; sold on Künker auction 397 (lot 2896) in November 2023 for EUR 7,000; weight 5.31 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from Bibliothèque nationale de France (IFN-11346222); weight 5.31 g [click for picture]; - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.38309); weight 5.37 g; diameter 17.5 mm [click for picture].