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

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; Three-turreted campgate, open, without doors. •SM•SDЄ• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Є. 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. 452, no. 21). See also: SERDICA 1a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Γ

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Argenteus. Weight 3.19 g; diameter 21 mm. Specimen sold on CNG auction 88 (lot 1405) in September 2011 for USD 1,100.