RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 12, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B [right field], ENGRAVER'S ERROR

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TIVSCAES [CONSTANTIVS CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITAM [VIRTVS MILITAM (sic!)]; three-turreted camp-gate, open; no doors. B in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B in right field. RIC lists only officina A, in left field (p. 662). Note an engraver's error in rev legend: MILITAM instead of MILITVM. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 578-579, no. 35). See also: ALEXANDRIA 12, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A [right field] ALEXANDRIA 12, CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

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Argenteus. Weight 3.38 g; diameter 17 mm. Specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 35a. Coin sold on Nomos auction 3 (lot 235) in May 2011 for CHF 1,900; sold on CNG auction 105 (lot 962) in May 2017 for USD 1,300; sold on Leu Numismatik auction 12 – Lang Collection (lot 1517) in May 2022 for CHF 2,200. Other specimens: - sold on CNG auction 57 (lot 1410) in April 2001 for USD 650; sold on Heritage Auctions auction 271933 (lot 35439) in August 2019 for USD 930; weight 3.37 g; diameter 19 mm; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 35b [click for picture]; - from Glendining auction in April 1970 (lot 376); weight 3.17 g; specimen cited in Gautier Argent (294-312) as no. 35c [click for picture].