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RIC Volume IV, Part I - Clodius Albinus
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Clodius Albinus, AR Denarius, 194-195, Rome
D-CLOD SEPT-ALBIN CAES
Bare head right
FELICI_T_A_S COS II
Felicitas standing facing, head left, caduceus upward in right hand, long
vertical scepter in left
17mm x 18mm, 3.09g
RIC IV, Part I, 4 (R)
Ex Harlan J Berk, Buy/Bid Sale 158, Lot 393, March 2008 (Estimate $750)
Consignor notes: aEF. A little frosty, but very sharp detail. (Also, RIC incorrectly lists this type with obverse (b) D CL
SEPT ALBIN CAES)
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Clodius Albinus, AR Denarius, 194-195, Rome
D CLOD SEPT-ALBIN CAES
Bare head right
MINER-PA_CIF COS II
Minerva, helmeted, standing facing, head left, olive branch upward in
right hand, left hand on shield set on ground, spear leaning against left
arm
18mm x 19mm, 3.35g
RIC IV, Part I, 7 (R)
Note: RIC incorrectly lists this type with obverse (b) D CL
SEPT ALBIN CAES where the plated coin on pl. II, 11 shows the correct
obverse (a) legend as on this coin.
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Clodius Albinus, AR Denarius, 194-195, Rome
D-CLOD SEPT-ALBIN CAES
Bare head right
MINER-PA_CIF COS II
Minerva, helmeted, standing facing, head left, olive branch upward in
right hand, left hand on shield set on ground, vertical spear leaning against left
arm
17mm x 18mm, 3.24g
RIC IV, Part I, 7 (R)
Note: RIC incorrectly lists this type with obverse (b) D CL
SEPT ALBIN CAES where the plated coin on pl. II, 11 shows the correct
obverse (a) legend as on this coin.
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Clodius Albinus, AR Denarius, 194-195, Rome
D-CLOD SEPT-ALBIN CAES
Bare head right
MINER-PA_CIF COS II
Minerva, helmeted, standing facing, head left, olive branch upward in
right hand, left hand on shield set on ground, vertical spear leaning against left
arm
17mm x 18mm, 2.09g
RIC IV, Part I, 7 (R)
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Clodius Albinus, AR Denarius, 194, Rome
D CL SEPT AL_BIN CAES
Bare head right
SAEC FRVG_I_F COS II
Saeculum Frugiferum, radiate, bare to waist, standing left, caduceus in right hand, trident in left
16mm x 18mm, 2.83g
RIC IV, Part I, -- (cf. RIC 8, but different obverse legend)
Ex CNG, Electronic Sale 113, Lot 475, May, 2005
Note: RIC attests this type with obverse (a) D CLOD
SEPT ALBIN CAES. Saeculum Frugiferum is the personification of the Golden Age.
Click here for my page on deities/personifications
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Clodius Albinus, AR Denarius, 195 or 196-197, Lugdunum
IMP CAES D CLO-SEP ALB AVG
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
GEN LV_G-COS II
Genius of Lugdunum, standing facing, towered head left, vertical scepter
in right hand, cornucopiae in left, eagle at feet to left and looking
upward right
16mm x 18mm, 2.92g
RIC IV, Part I, 23d (R2)
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Clodius Albinus, AR Imitative Denarius, 194-195 for official mint issues, Alexandria mint style
D CLOD SEPT AL_BIN CAES
Bare head right
ROMAE AET_ERNAE
Roma, helmeted, seated left on shield, palladium in right hand, scepter in left
17mm x 18mm, 2.70g
RIC IV, Part I, 11 (R) for type from Rome mint
Note: Although RIC does not list Alexandria as an issuing mint for Clodius
Albinus, it is documented in other sources.
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From Curtis Clay on June 20, 2005:
Though not in RIC or BMC, denarii of Clodius Albinus Caesar struck at Alexandria are well known. Two types occur. One with
obv. legend CL, rev. Fortuna Redux seated, which is rare. A spec. of this coin is mentioned in the footnote to RIC IV, Part I,
5, without any suspicion that it might be from Alexandria. Second obv. CLOD, rev. FELICITAS COS II, exactly like the
corresponding Rome-mint coin RIC IV, Part I, 4 corr. Roger Bickford-Smith, in an unpublished 1993 monograph on Alexandrian
denarii of which I have a copy, listed 14 spec., and I'll bet that at least another 14 examples have appeared on the market
since 1993. Your ROMAE AETERNAE type (see above coin) is not attested at Alexandria, nor is its style exactly Alexandrian,
though there are some similarities. A curious piece, most likely an ancient imitation, in my opinion
An example of the Alexandria mint #4 from Barry Murphy on June 20, 2005:
Here is a link to Doug Smith's page on Alexandria mint denarii:
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/feac74per.html
And a link to Barry Murphy's page on Severan denarii, with the pages separated by issuer and mint:
http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/severanhome.htm
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