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Numismatics

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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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Clodius Albinus
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