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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 8513199, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d appreciate any new scholarship on this type (see comments that are over a decade old).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">CLODIUS ALBINUS (Caesar 193-195; Augustus 195-197),</p> <p style="text-align: center">ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 194 AD, AR DENARIUS</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Size: 17x19 mm</p> <p style="text-align: center">Weight: 2.57 g</p> <p style="text-align: center">Axis: 00:00</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><b>Obv:</b> Clodius Albinus bare head facing right. Legend: [DCL]ODSEPT - [ALBI]N[CAES]. No border visible.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><b>Rev:</b>Felicitas standing, facing left, holding a caduceus and scepter. Legend: [FELICI - TAS -] COS [II]. No border visible.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><b>Refs:</b> RIC IV Unlisted; BMC-Unlisted.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Broucheion Collection R-2000-05-31.001; Ex-eBay (OLDROMANCOINS.COM)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>COMMENTS:</p><p><b>[USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER]&nbsp; Curtis Clay (20 Jun 2005 e-mail to MONETA-L): </b></p><p>&quot;Roger Bickford-Smith, in an unpublished 1993 monograph on Alexandrian denarii of which I have a copy, listed 14 spec., and I&#039;ll bet that at least another 14 examples have appeared on the market since 1993.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] Doug Smith (from <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac74per.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac74per.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac74per.html</a> as seen 6 Sep 2022):</b></p><p>&quot;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</p><p><br /></p><p>FELICI - TAS - COSII.</p><p>Obverses, however, show several different splits. Some show</p><p>DCLODSEPTAL - BINCAES</p><p><br /></p><p>while others (Classical Numismatic Group Auction 41 [19 March 1997] - lot 1996) uses DCLODSEP - TALBINCAES.</p><p><br /></p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>have not seen one in person but the photos leave no doubt that the identification is correct.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000">[Any more updated information is appreciated.]</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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