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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8510862, member: 128351&quot;]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&#039; 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. </p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039; reign was seen by many as a reign of terror.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin was minted for Albinus&#039; army and circulated some time, probably in Gaul. It is RIC IV Clodius Albinus 43E : <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ca.43E" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ca.43E" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ca.43E</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice and rare![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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