The Portable Antiquities Scheme
ROMAN COIN
293
Roman copper alloy radiate, Allectus, 293-6, PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse sceptre, London, RIC V, pt 2, 33. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's Corpus for RIC.Find of note - mintmark not recorded for this type in RIC. However, it is in the Elvedon Hoard (no. 120) at the British Museum. Also, the portrait is more that of Carausius than Allectus, making this a very early piece from the reign of Allectus. Found in 1980s.
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