RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [right field]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; three-turreted camp-gate, open; no doors. B in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists only officina A, in right field (p. 662). Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 578, no. 29, p. 581, no. 49 bis and no. 55; different type of ties). See also: ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA A [left field] ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [left field] ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [middle field] ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [middle field], ENGRAVER'S ERROR ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ [right field] ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ [left field]

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.38 g; diameter 18 mm. Specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 29a. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XV (lot 622) in April 2018 for GBP 460. Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics E-LIVE Auction 3 (lot 872) in October 2018 for GBP 480; weight 3.08 g; diameter 18 mm; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 49bis a [click for picture]; - ex CNG auction 46 (lot 1397, June 1998; sold on CNG Triton XIII (lot 360) in January 2010 for USD 650; weight 3.22 g; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 29c [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 111 (lot 204) in March 2005 for USD 125; weight 3.13 g; diameter 18 mm; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 29d [click for picture]; - sold on Leu Numismatik auction 86 (lot 965) in May 2003 for CHF 950; weight 3.26 g; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 55a [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 156 (lot 2310) in March 2007 for EUR 300; weight 3.00 g; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 29f [click for picture].