RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA A [left field]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; three-turreted camp-gate, open; no doors. A in left field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - A in left field. RIC lists officina A, but in right field (p. 662). Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 575, no. 13 and p. 577, no. 23; different type of ties). See also: ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [right 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 3.37 g; diameter 18 mm. No. 23 in Gautier Argent (294-312). Coin sold on Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 19 (lot 767) in November 2015 for EUR 700. Other specimens: - from Gautier - Alexandria (plate XIII, no. 10); weight 2.99 g; no. 13 in Gautier Argent (294-312). [click for picture].