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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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