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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1157. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. CLODIUS ALBINUS. As Caesar, 193-195 
                                AD. AV Aureus (7.22 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 
                                194 AD. Estimate $10000 Sold For $10000 

                              CLODIUS ALBINUS. As Caesar, 193-195 AD. AV Aureus 
                              (7.22 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 194 AD. D CLOD 
                              SEPT AL-BIN CAES, bare-headed bust right, slight 
                              drapery on left shoulder / SAECVLO FRVGIFERO COS 
                              II, Saeculum Frugiferum, radiate, standing left, 
                              holding caduceus and grain ears in extended right 
                              hand and cradling hay fork in left arm. RIC IV 9b 
                              (same obverse die); Pink I, pg. 26; BMCRE pg. 38, 
                              * note; Calicó 2423; cf. Cohen 70. Good Fine, 
                              traces of red patina, twice holed and expertly 
                              repaired. Extremely rare. ($10,000)

                              The double-piercing is typical of aurei from this 
                              period found in India.








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