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Details
LOT 3280
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
London mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; S A across fields, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 33. Near Very Fine.(3.43gr, 19mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Suffolk, UK.
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