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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #14
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                 Web Product ID: 3132
                 Estimate: $300.00
                 Final Sale Price: $203.50
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                 Denomination: Denarius
                 Grade: Good VF
                 Reference: RIC IV 11b; BMCRE 45; RSC 61a




  Clodius Albinus, as Caesar. 193-195 AD. AR Denarius (3.73 gm). D CL SEPT AL-BIN CAES,
  bare head right / ROMAE AET-ERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory and
  reversed spear. RIC IV 11b; BMCRE 45; RSC 61a. Good VF. Estimate $300.



  The Governor of Britain, Decimus Clodius Albinus, allied himself with Septimius
  Severus and was given the title of Caesar following the assassination of Pertinax in
  193 AD. This afforded Septimius the time to deal with Pescennius Niger whom he
  defeated in 195, at which point Albinus was declared a public enemy. Albinus took the
  title of Augustus, but shortly thereafter in 197 he was defeated by Septimius at
  Lyon.


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