Victory on Galley ‘Quinarius’

401983.

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Allectus. Romano-British Emperor, AD 293-296. Æ ‘Quinarius’ (18mm, 2.95 g, 6h). Londinium (London) mint. [IM]P C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VIR[TV]S AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left, atop galley with rudder and five oars, manned by four oarsmen. RIC V 58; Rogiet pl. 25, D (same dies); Burnett, Coinage 107; BM 1935-11-17, 1314 (same dies). VF. Extremely rare – only three noted by Rogiet: the above cited piece in the BM, and two in the Ashmolean. None in CoinArchives.