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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 4495848, member: 58462&quot;]I&#039;ve enjoyed the coins in this thread.&nbsp; Here are a couple from my collection, full beard and beard challenged.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115295[/ATTACH] </p><p>When allied with Septimius Severus, Clodius Albinus’ portraits show him with hair combed forward to cover a receding hairline matched with a short scruffy beard.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Septimius Severus named his son Caracalla Caesar, Albinus understood this as the end of their alliance and the beginning of a fight for his life. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ablinus took the title of Augustus (Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus), and his portrait quickly converts to a full head of hair and voluminous beard worthy of an Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to Curtis Clay, Albinus broke with Severus c. Nov. 195, but was defeated and killed by Severus near Lugdunum, not on 19 Feb. 197 as traditionally stated, but a year earlier on 19 Feb. 196, after a revolt lasting only about three months!</p><p><br /></p><p>This explains the scarcity of Albinus&#039; coinage as Emperor compared to Albinus as Caesar under Severus.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the whole friendly bunch:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115301[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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