RIC VI, SERDICA 11a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TIVSAVG [CONSTANTIVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; Three-turreted campgate, open, without doors. •SM•SDΓ• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Γ. RIC lists for this issue only officina A [rarity R4] (p. 494). General note about this issue from p. 487-8: "Rare coins (with SM) are known for the Augusti only, with officinae Α, Β, Γ and Є evidenced: their type is a continuation of that of Group I, and the weight remains at c. 3.3 gm". Listed in: Georges Gautier, "Le monnayage d'argent de Serdica après la réforme de Dioclétien", Revue Numismatique 1991, XXXIII, p. 108, no. 21. See also: SERDICA 11a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Β SERDICA 11a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Δ SERDICA 11a, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.40 g; diameter 20 mm. Sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in September 2010 for $1,200; offered on Heritage Auctions in September 2011 for $1,242. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH auction in May 2005 for $1,413; weight 3.34 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Freeman & Sear auction in November 2004 for $3,000; sold on Freeman & Sear auction in June 2007 for $1,320; weight 3.15 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in June 2005 for $1,850; weight 3.38 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2011 for EUR 1,100; weight 3.52 g [click for picture]; - specimen sold on VAuctions in September 2010 for $1,052; weight 3.39 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - specimen from Gautier's article quoted above (plate X, no. 21); weight 3.14 g [click for picture].