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

OBVERSE	DNMAXIM-IANOCAES [D N MAXIMIANO CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIVVENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. globe. 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. Calicó 4942. Obv. legend not attested in RIC V/2, but appears in RIC VI (ROMA 4; see also p. 332-333). Coin should be listed before ROMA 1. See also: ROMA [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS] ROMA [before 1], CONSTANTIVS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.66 g. Coin sold on A. Tkalec AG auction in April 2007 for $7,021. Other specimens: - specimen sold on The New York Sale XVII in January 2008 for $2,750; weight 5.67 g [click for picture].