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

OBVERSE	MAXIMIN-VSNOBCAES [MAXIMINVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCI-P-IIVVENTVT [PRINCIPI IVVENTVT]; prince stg. l., in military dress, r. holding ensign, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to ROMA 149 except for prince holding one ensign instead of stg. between two ensigns. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 369. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: I-P-I and I-I, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 86, no. 14/10). Coin should be listed in RIC after ROMA 149. See also: ROMA [after 149], MAXIMINUS, REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.32 g. Sold on Gemini II (lot 514) in January 2006 for USD 9,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 105 (lot 114) in May 2018 for CHF 11,000. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 114 (lot 863) in May 2019 for CHF 9,000; weight 5.32 g; rev. legend break I-I [click for picture].