RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 13b], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS MILITVM, four turrets], OFF. Γ [l. field]

OBVERSE	DIOCLE-TIANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; four-turreted camp-gate, open; no doors. Γ in left field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar Virtus Militum issue but with three-turreted camp-gate on reverse (p. 662). Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 582, no. 60). Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 13b. See also: ALEXANDRIA [after 13b], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS MILITVM, four turrets], OFF. Γ [r. field] ALEXANDRIA [after 13b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS MILITVM], OFF. Γ [r. field] ALEXANDRIA [after 13b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS MILITVM], OFF. Γ [l. field]

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.08 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on Solidus Numismatik Online-Auktion 6 (lot 386) in July 2015 for EUR 450. This specimen is erroneously listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) as Galerius' coin (p. 582, no. 59). Other specimens: - sold on Helios Numismatik auction 6 (lot 233) in March 2011 for EUR 900; weight 3.20 g [click for picture].