Clodius as Emperor and was short on power Victory on what i dont know. CAES means emperor, that based on his coins he was emperor Mabye victory beeing emperor coin
Wow, fantastic example. Love it. Clodius Albinus (193 - 195 A.D.) AR Denarius O: D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right. R: MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing front, head left, holding a spear and leaning on a shield. Rome Mint 3.21g 19mm RIC 7, RSC 48, RCV 6144, BMC 98
This excerpt from Wiki Clodius Albinus (Latin language: Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus;[1] ca. 150 – 19 February 197) was a Roman usurper who was proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) after the murder of Pertinax in 193 (known as "Year of the Five Emperors"), and who proclaimed himself emperor again in 196, before his final defeat the following year
Nice rare denarius, minted at Lugdunum (Lyons, France) in 196-197. Decimus Clodius Albinus, who had the rank of Caesar in the beginning of Septimius Severus' reign, unilaterally claimed the title of Augustus in the West in 196 while Septimius Severus and his young son Caracalla were in Orient fighting the Parthians. Severus immediately turned back to Rome with his troops and moved north-west to confront Albinus. He was not at all willing to share power with this traitor. Albinus needed much money to motivate his troops. His base being at Lyons, he had gold and silver denarii minted there to distribute to his men. When Severus attacked in 197 a fierce battle was fought near Lyons, and even in the city itself. This battle was a slaughter and caused so many destructions in Lyons that, according to archaeologists, the city never fully recovered. Bodies of soldiers buried after this battle were found in the 19th c., with precious weaponry and even aurei of Albinus still with them: it means that the corpses may have been in so disgusting a condition that the guys had not the heart to search them for precious items. Albinus was eventually defeated, killed, a very angry Severus humiliated his body by tramping on his corpse with his horse. He later condemned those who had supported Albinus, and Severus' reign was seen by many as a reign of terror. Your coin was minted for Albinus' army and circulated some time, probably in Gaul. It is RIC IV Clodius Albinus 43E : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ca.43E Nice and rare!
Nobody doubts that Albinus was governor of Britain in 193, but Septimius quickly made him Caesar, that is presumptive heir, so that his rear would be secure as he fought with Didius Julianus in Rome and Pescennius Niger in Asia Minor and Syria. The many coins of Albinus as Caesar were all struck at the mint of Rome by Septimius during the time of his alliance with Albinus. For many centuries, the date of Septimius' victory over Albinus near Lugdunum has been stated to be 19 February 197, but the actual date was a year earlier, 19 February 196, as I was able to show in my Oxford thesis on the coinage of Septimius between 193 and 198. For a summary of my arguments, search for Battle of Lugdunum in the Forum Ancient Coins discussion group.
Hi All, I'd appreciate any new scholarship on this type (see comments that are over a decade old). CLODIUS ALBINUS (Caesar 193-195; Augustus 195-197), ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 194 AD, AR DENARIUS Size: 17x19 mm Weight: 2.57 g Axis: 00:00 Obv: Clodius Albinus bare head facing right. Legend: [DCL]ODSEPT - [ALBI]N[CAES]. No border visible. Rev:Felicitas standing, facing left, holding a caduceus and scepter. Legend: [FELICI - TAS -] COS [II]. No border visible. Refs: RIC IV Unlisted; BMC-Unlisted. Broucheion Collection R-2000-05-31.001; Ex-eBay (OLDROMANCOINS.COM) COMMENTS: @curtislclay Curtis Clay (20 Jun 2005 e-mail to MONETA-L): "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." @dougsmit Doug Smith (from http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac74per.html as seen 6 Sep 2022): "Until recently (2009), all of the specmens for Clodius Albinus known to me have the reverse FELICITAS COS II showing the personification of Felicitas standing facing left holding a caduceus and scepter. The type is recognized from the Rome mint in all the major references (Cohen 15, Roman Imperial Coins 4, British Museum Catalog 91-92). All the known Alexandria coins (and some, but not all, coins from Rome) show the reverse legend split FELICI - TAS - COSII. Obverses, however, show several different splits. Some show DCLODSEPTAL - BINCAES while others (Classical Numismatic Group Auction 41 [19 March 1997] - lot 1996) uses DCLODSEP - TALBINCAES. While these are somewhat rare it should be noted that the number of different dies used on the known coins suggests that this was not a very small issue. More and more have been discovered in the hoard material currently appearing on the market. When this page was first posted (ca 2000) I stated that all of the Albinus Alexandria coins shared this reverse type but now I now stand corrected. There are extremely rare coins of this mint with a Fortuna seated reverse. I have not seen one in person but the photos leave no doubt that the identification is correct." [Any more updated information is appreciated.] - Broucheion
