A nice find, indeed: Austin Perry, 29, who currently lives in Bradford, made the historic find on Saturday November 5 after finally being able to afford a metal detector of his own following a life-long passion for the hobby. He knew his grandmother’s home in Whetstone had plenty of grounds to examine and came back to the county to try out his new piece of equipment. and within an hour his detector beeped. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/metal-detectorist-finds-roman-coin-7809304
The article says the aureus of Allectus he found might be "worth around 1,200 pounds," but that is low by a factor of at least ten and possibly much more if the (unpictured) reverse is well-centered and interesting.
PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme) is a voluntary system for recording finds that do not qualify as 'treasure'. More than a million objects have been recorded to date. I think most would agree the more the better. Normally, a single gold coin would not qualify as treasure. Individual coins qualify only if deemed to be of "outstanding historical, archaeological or cultural importance". An Allectus? The determination is made at a coroner's inquest. If declared 'treasure', the Crown has the option of either retaining the find and paying a reward equal to the fair market value or, as is frequently the case, returning the treasure to the finder and landowner who are then free to do with it as they please, often sending it on to auction.
COME ON GUYS, THIS COIN WAS FOUND IN 2019, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT INA JOKE THREAD………. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/scoop-scoop-discovery-of-the-century.394936/#post-8281559 https://www.cointalk.com/threads/allectus-aureus-auction-result.340428/#post-3564407
Excellent detective work. Interesting that the article I linked to was from November. Since both the aurei are identical, either they are using a stock photo for a legit find or this is a hoax. Too funny.
