Details
LOT 3068
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor AE Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROV[I]D AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopia in left; S P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 94; Burnett, Coinage 160. About Good Very Fine.(3.89gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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