Sorting of alpha numeric characters in a column`

Hi All,
I have a column which has alpha numeric characters like 1A, 12B, 14D, 12CC ...etc.
I need to sort this column in ascending as well as descending. The normal "sort by" does not work and the ASCII function return on the ascii value of the 1st character in the cell.
Can you please help me out?

Needed more sample data..
For provided data, ie if Number comes only at the beginning, you can ..
SQL> select c1
2 from t
3 order by to_number(translate(c1,translate(c1,'a0123456789','a'),' ')),c1;
C1
1A
12B
12CC
14D

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