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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2451
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Allectus; Londinium
Denomination:  Quinarius
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  293-296
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  2.87
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1579. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Allectus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Galley, facing r., with mast, oars and crew.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C HLLECTVS F F ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Allectus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: UIR…-V… HVC (Imperial Courage). In Exergue: OI

Bibliography:  RIC V 55

Notes:  According to RIC, the [QL] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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