Watch List notes:

THRACE. Pautalia. Clodius Albinus, as Caesar, 193-195. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 24 mm, 11.92 g, 7 h). ΚΛΟΔ ΑΛΒΕΙΝΟC ΚΑΙ Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Clodius Albinus to right. Rev. OΥΛΠΙΑC ΠΑΥΤΑ/ΛΙΑC Coiled serpent to right, feeding from altar; to left, grain ear. Ruzicka -. SNG Copenhagen -. Varbanov 4614. Very rare and in exceptional condition for this difficult issue, perhaps the finest known. An unusually well struck and complete example with a beautiful portrait. Good very fine.


From the collection of Dr. P. Vogl, Leu 4, 25 May 2019, 411 and ex Aufhäuser 7, 9 October 1990, 514 (with collector's ticket).

For a longer note on the reign and Provincial coinage of Clodius Albinus, see lot 196 below.