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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2454
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Allectus; Camulodunum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, Essex, Colchester
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  293-296
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  4.31
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 1578. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Allectus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and transverse sceptre in l.; S and P in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IHY C ΛLL□CIVS P D ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Allectus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: DROVIDE-NTIΛ ΛVC (Imperial Foresight). In Exergue: C

Bibliography:  RIC V 105

Notes:  According to RIC, the C in the exergue of the reverse and the S and P in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Camulodunum.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Camulodunum
Roman


Allectus
Roman

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