"A rare gold coin from the late 3rd century discovered by a very lucky metal detectorist will be going up for auction in London in June with an pre-sale estimate of £70,000-100,000. The finder figured it was probably fake, but had it examined by numismatic expert Dr Sam Moorhead at the British Museum. He identified it as an authentic Allectus aureus dating from 293-296 A.D., when the usurper emperor Allectus ruled in Britain. The British Museum has the only other exact match to it" http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/54827
As pointed out in another thread, the article intimates that there is only one other example of this coin. This is incorrect as numerous examples have been found in Britain over the years. But it certainly doesn't take away from the beauty of this coin.
I guess the lucky person falls under the banner of " unscrupulous finder " by the proposed changes in the law. Then again, the British museum already has one so they don't want it
This coin has already been the subject of a thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/allectus-aureus-discovered.336385/
I'd delete this thread if I knew how, but I don't. Didn't mean to rehash something from another thread.
