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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 6184008, member: 89514&quot;]Curtis,</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to be sure from a picture given the wear, but I believe your coin is a normal sestertius of Albinus of 194, with the obv. legend altered by a modern tooler.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rev. die looks like it might be no. 74 in my unpublished die catalogue of 1972, with legend SAECVLO FR - V - GIFERO COS II S - C.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obv. legend should be</p><p><br /></p><p>D CL SEPT AL - BIN CAES, but has been altered to</p><p><br /></p><p>D CLODIVS - ALBINVS CAES by the tooler.</p><p><br /></p><p>As already observed by yourself and Julius Germanicus above, this obv. legend without SEPT does occur on rare sestertii of Albinus in 193, but always divided</p><p><br /></p><p>D - CLODIVS AL - BINVS CAES (only 1 obv. die in my catalogue),</p><p><br /></p><p>and always with rev. type</p><p><br /></p><p>PROVID AVG COS S - C (3 rev. dies in my catalogue).</p><p><br /></p><p>With your coin in hand, I believe I would be able to identify its obv. die too, so strongly confirming that its obv. legend has been altered by a tooler. Any chance you&#039;ll be coming to Chicago after the pandemic, or would you care to send me the coin for inspection?</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>Curtis Clay</p><p>Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.</p><p>31 N. Clark St.</p><p>Chicago, IL 60602[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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