RIC VI, SERDICA 1a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS 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 officinae A, B and Δ (p. 491). General note from p. 486: "Struck from five officinae (though not all of these are now well evidenced) and at a weight of c. 3.3 gm., this was in the names of all four rulers: the reverse type was the late three-turreted camp-gate (open and without doors) which had already appeared at Thessalonica, with legend Virtus Militum. The coins are now of considerable rarity". Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 451, no. 12-13; different obv. legend break: T-I or I-A). See also: SERDICA 1a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.20 g. Sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 185 (lot 276) in March 2010 for EUR 1,800. Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 142 (lot 2927) in October 2005 for EUR 565; sold on CNG Mail Bid Sale 72 (lot 1737) in June 2006 for USD 525; sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 18 (lot 1059) in June 2015 for GBP 440; weight 3.37 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Künker auction 376 (lot 5059) in October 2022 for EUR 2,200; weight 3.20 g [click for picture]; - from Freeman & Sear, spring 2004; weight 3.33 g; obv. legend break T-I [click for picture]; - sold on CNG auction 88 (lot 1404) in September 2011 for USD 1,000; sold on CNG auction 108 (lot 666) in May 2018 for USD 1,200; weight 3.36 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch auction 101 (lot 1713) in April 2016 for EUR 560; weight 3.49 g; obv. legend break T-I [click for picture]; - from VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 3 (lot 374), October 2019; weight 3.56 g; diameter 20 mm; obv. legend break T-I [click for picture]; - sold on CNG Triton XXIV (lot 1145) in January 2021 for USD 1,800; weight 3.56 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - from CNG auction 69 (lot 1714), June 2005; weight 3.39 g [click for picture]; - from Gautier - Serdica (plate IX, no. 6); weight 3.48 g; obv. legend break T-I [click for picture]; - from Gautier - Serdica (plate IX, no. 7); weight 3.07 g [click for picture].