CNG 84, Lot: 1429. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Allectus. Romano-British Emperor, AD 293-296. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.75 g, 6h). ‘C’ mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F I AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing left, holding signum in each hand; S/P//C. RIC V -; Burnett, Coinage -; Rogiet 1008 var. (obv. legend); Hunter -. EF, dark green patina. Unpublished variety.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection.

RIC lists both the obverse and reverse types for this coin, but not in conjunction with one another. Additionally, RIC, Burnett, and Robertson do not list this particular abbreviation for militum, and Besly mentions only one occurrence in his recent study of the Rogiet Hoard.