On June 6 the London auction house of Dix Noonan Webb sold a rare Allectus aureus for $701,648 [£552,000].
This price is highest paid for any coin sold by Dix Noonan Webb, beating out the gold aureus of Augustus Caesar in September 2014 that realized $625,000 [£480,000]. It also is the highest price paid for any coin of Allectus and at any auction for any Roman coin minted in Britain
