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ID number: BIRBI-R1312 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Clodius Albinus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 194-195 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 23.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 479. W. S. Lincoln, 1921. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Clodius Albinus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Fortuna, draped and seated facing l., holding rudder set on globe in r. and cornucopiae in l.; under seat, wheel
Inscriptions: Obverse: D CL.SEPT.AL-BIN CAES (Decimus Clodius Septimus Albinus Caesar). Reverse: FuRT RED-V-CI COS II (Fortuna who returns, Consul for the Second Time). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed)
Bibliography: RIC IV 53
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