Aureus - Allectus Double Captives

Features

Issuer	Britannic Empire (Roman splinter states)
Emperor	Allectus (293-296)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	293-296
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus (286-296)
Composition	Złoto
Weight	4.31 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 455726
References	RIC V.2# 4 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.all.4 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , RPC S.5# 8 Michel Amandry, Andrew Burnett, Antony Hostein, Jérôme Mairat, Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre, Marguerite Spoerri Butcher; 2019. Roman Provincial Coinage / Supplement 5: (Volumes I, II, III, VII.1 and IX). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, London, United Kingdom. , RCV IV# 683 David R. Sear; 2011. Roman Coins and Their Values / Volume 4. The Tetrarchies and the Rise of the House of Constantine AD 284-337. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , BCV# 13780 David R. Sear. Byzantine coins and their values. London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Calicó# 4790 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes). , Cohen# 29 Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes). , Shiel# 6 Norman Shiel; 1977. The Episode of Carausius and Allectus: the Literary and Numismatic Evidence / Volume 40. British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(en) Laureate Military bust of Allectus facing right with lettering around.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG

Reverse

(en) Sol, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe or whip in left hand; sometimes flanked by two captives.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
ORIENS AVG
ML

Mint

Londinium / Augusta, modern-day London, United Kingdom

Comments

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Askew 453.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (293-296)

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