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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 22450809, member: 31620&quot;]Perhaps I am seeing different images to everyone else....</p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree with a few details in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deity is not genius.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins above are of Clodius Albinus as Casear to Septimius Severus and not as emperor. His coins as emperor have quite a different look and were produced in Lugdunum for a very short period between when he declared himself emperor and being killed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bing for some reason attributes it as an As. but it is a denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Struck 194-195 AD.</p><p>D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, Bare head right</p><p>SAEC FRVGIF COS II, Saeculum Frugiferum standing left, holding caduceus and fork.</p><p>RIC IV 8; BMCRE p. 37, *; RSC 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example from my collection of a Coldius Albinus as Augustus coin with a Genius reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:- IMP CAES D CLO SEP ALBIN AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:- GEN LVG COS II, Genius of Lugdunum, standing facing, towered head left, vertical scepter in right hand, cornucopiae in left, eagle at feet to left and looking upward right</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum. November A.D. 195 to 19th February A.D. 196</p><p>Reference:- RIC 23d (R2)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_063e_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The OP reverse type is an interesting reverse type and is one that also occurs on the early coins of Septimius Severus from Rome. Example below from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus Denarius</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP-T SEV PERT AVG. Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:- SAEC FRVGIF COS, Saeculum Frugiferum., radiate, standing left, holding winged caduceus and trident</p><p>Minted in Rome. A.D. 193</p><p>Reference:- BMCRE -. RIC IV 19 (Rated Rare); RSC 622.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 8 examples from 2 reverse dies known to Curtis Clay. This example from a different reverse die to the British Museum example.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ss_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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