CNG 84, Lot: 1572. Estimate $300. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Flavius Victor. AD 387-388. Æ (13mm, 1.17 g, 5h). Aquileia mint, 1st officina. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Camp gate, with two turrets, no door, and five stone layers; star above; SMAQP/S. Cf. RIC IX 55b.1 (mintmark); cf. Paolucci 804 (same); cf. LRBC 1104 (same). Good VF, green patina. Exceptional for issue. Rare die error.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 94 (21 July 2004), lot 198.

Though assigned to the first officina, a closer inspection of the mintmark reveals that the reverse die appears to have been made originally for the second officina, as an ‘S’ can be seen just below and to the right of the ‘P.’