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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3209458, member: 19463"]I don't see them selling for any premium but there are a few Clodius Albinus denarii dated COS rather than COSII indicating they were from 193 AD. One die of these denarii has a really strange eye placed too high. It was my first Albinus. </p><p>PROVID AVG COS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]832897[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometime the more rare Alexandria mint denarii are recognized by dealers and priced up but several slip through since these were recognized after RIC was published and coins with the same type/legend were also made at Rome. It's a style thing. The reverse is FELICITAS COS II</p><p>Alexandria:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]832901[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]832902[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally the Clodius Albinus really to watch for are the issues from Lugdunum after he split with Septimius and declared himself Augustus. Other than style, they do have the obverse legend ending AVG rather than CAES. I only have one and it has severe damage from a die clash that broke out a chunk of the reverse die at upper right. It read GEN LVG COS II but most people would probably prefer one without the clash. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]832910[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rome mint for Septimius during the time Albinus was Caesar made a good percentage of coins with what one might call poor quality control. Many have partial legends and ragged edges. It is easier to find a decent portrait than it is to get full legends. I always thought Clodius Albinus was a particularly handsome fellow on this Sestertius. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>SAECVLO FRVGIFERO COS II SC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]832926[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3209458, member: 19463"]I don't see them selling for any premium but there are a few Clodius Albinus denarii dated COS rather than COSII indicating they were from 193 AD. One die of these denarii has a really strange eye placed too high. It was my first Albinus. PROVID AVG COS [ATTACH=full]832897[/ATTACH] Sometime the more rare Alexandria mint denarii are recognized by dealers and priced up but several slip through since these were recognized after RIC was published and coins with the same type/legend were also made at Rome. It's a style thing. The reverse is FELICITAS COS II Alexandria: [ATTACH=full]832901[/ATTACH] Rome: [ATTACH=full]832902[/ATTACH] Finally the Clodius Albinus really to watch for are the issues from Lugdunum after he split with Septimius and declared himself Augustus. Other than style, they do have the obverse legend ending AVG rather than CAES. I only have one and it has severe damage from a die clash that broke out a chunk of the reverse die at upper right. It read GEN LVG COS II but most people would probably prefer one without the clash. [ATTACH=full]832910[/ATTACH] The Rome mint for Septimius during the time Albinus was Caesar made a good percentage of coins with what one might call poor quality control. Many have partial legends and ragged edges. It is easier to find a decent portrait than it is to get full legends. I always thought Clodius Albinus was a particularly handsome fellow on this Sestertius. :pompous: SAECVLO FRVGIFERO COS II SC [ATTACH=full]832926[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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