CNG 85, Lot: 1177. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Allectus. Romano-British Emperor, AD 293-296. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.27 g, 7h). London mint. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopia; S-P/[ML]. RIC V 36; Burnett,
Coinage 64. Good VF, earthen green patina.
From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.
Although the ML is mostly off the flan, the top of the L is visible enough to conclude that the lower mintmark is not the other possibility, C.