RIC VI, ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	MAXIMIN-VSNOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPI-I-VVENTVT [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]; prince stg. l., in military dress, r. raised to ensign, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROMA 149 (BM 1864,1128.173, 5.05 g) except for only one ensign instead of two. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 369. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: I-I-V and P-I-I, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62) (cf. TRIER 18-21 or CONSTANTINOPLE 93-94). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 86, no. 14/11). Listed in Drost (p. 299, no. 21) as corrected ROMA 149 (listed on p. 299, no. 22). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 149. See also: ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.18 g; diameter 18 mm. Partinico Hoard no. 119. From Museum of Fine Arts Boston (no. 59.511). Shown in Drost (plate 19, no. 21a/3). Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 49 (lot 449) in October 2008 for CHF 2,200; weight 4.75 g; obv. legend break V-S [click for picture]; - from CNG auction 53 (lot 1725), March 2000; weight 5.54 g; rev. legend breaks P-I-I [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 21a/1); weight 5.54 g; ; rev. legend breaks P-I-I; Partinico Hoard no. 118 [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 21a/2); weight 5.21 g; rev. legend breaks P-I-I [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 21b/1); weight 5.14 g; obv. legend break V-S [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 21b/2); weight 5.02 g; obv. legend break V-S [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 19, no. 21b/3); weight 4.44 g; obv. legend break V-S; Partinico Hoard no. 120 [click for picture].