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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8182218, member: 19463&quot;]I see it as Alexandria ALE gamma.&nbsp; I do not have one exactly like it but mine is from a bit earlier weight standard with the Gamma in the reverse field. It is 22mm and weighs 5.89g.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is yours 16-19mm and about 2.5g (RIC80 page 544)?&nbsp; Note these later ones split the reverse legend P-R while mine used E-P as common in the early phase. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430622[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>By chance, I do have RIC81, the smaller one in the name of Constantius Gallus complete with sand patina and the later legend split that weighs 2.56g.&nbsp; It does have a different officina letter (A) but these exist for both rulers with all four workshop designations. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430638[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is a decent example of the later period.&nbsp; I might suggest you be on the lookout for an early one from the larger series just to demonstrate the point that inflation took quite a toll on the coins during the decade of the 350&#039;s.&nbsp; This is demonstrated in the image below from my webpage on the subject.&nbsp; Your coin would fall between the bottom two in the shrinking process.</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html</a></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fhale.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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