RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [middle field], ENGRAVER'S ERROR

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITAM [VIRTVS MILITAM (sic!)]; three-turreted camp-gate, open; no doors. B in middle field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B in middle field. RIC lists only officina A, in right field (p. 662). Note an engraver's error in rev. legend: MILITAM instead of MILITVM. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 578, no. 32). See also: ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA A [left field] 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 Γ [right field] ALEXANDRIA 10a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ [left field]

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Argenteus. Weight 3.0 g. Coin sold on CNG Triton XIII (lot 361) in January 2010 for USD 1,550. Other specimens: - sold on Astarte web auction 4 (lot 253) in April 2024 for CHF 550; weight 2.71 g; diameter 18.31 mm [click for picture].