Denarius - Clodius Albinus VICT AVG COS II; Victory

Features

Issuer	Usurpations of Western provinces (Roman Imperial usurpations)
Ruling authority	Clodius Albinus (193-197)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	195-197
Value	Denarius (1)
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.3 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 268469
References	RIC IV.1# 44 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ca.44 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Clodius Albinus, laureate, right.

Lettering: IMP CAE D CLO SEP ALB AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimus Albinus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Decimus Clodius Septimus Albinus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand and standard over left shoulder in left hand.

Lettering: VICT AVG COS II

Translation:
Victoria Augusti. Consul Secundum.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus). Consul for the second time.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Mass varies: 3.272–3.317 g;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (195-197)

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