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Clodius Albinus. AD 195-197. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 3rd series, February AD 196-197. IMP CAE D CLO SEP ALB AVG, laureate head right / IOVIS VICTORIAE COS II, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and spear; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right. RIC 26; Lyon 57/2 (D107/R113); RSC 43a. Attractively toned, scratch and deposits on reverse. Near VF. Well centered on a round flan. Only one example in CoinArchives (Bertolamii 29, lot 547, which hammered at £800). Extremely rare.
This is perhaps the 6th known example, the 3rd in private hands, and the 3rd from these dies. The British Museum has one specimen (BMCRE 272). An example resides in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Another, from these dies but with a large chip missing, is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, AF 6237.
This is perhaps the 6th known example, the 3rd in private hands, and the 3rd from these dies. The British Museum has one specimen (BMCRE 272). An example resides in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Another, from these dies but with a large chip missing, is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, AF 6237.