RIC IV Clodius Albinus 64
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 193–AD 195
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Lugdunum (ancient mint)As in bronze struck at Lugdunum under Clodius Albinus, AD 193–AD 195, catalogued as RIC IV Clodius Albinus 64. Obverse: Head of Clodius Albinus, laureate, right.
Reverse: Fortuna, draped, seated left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Obverse legend: IMP CAES D CLO SEP ALB AVG. Reverse legend: FORTVNAE REDVCI COS II.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
Decimus Clodius Albinus was proclaimed emperor by legions in Britain and Hispania in 193 following the murder of Pertinax during the Year of the Five Emperors. Initially cooperating with fellow contender Septimius Severus, he ruled as an imperial pretender until civil war broke out between them in 196. This bronze as was struck during that period of joint rule at Lugdunum, an important city founded in 43 BC that served as the capital of Gallia Lugdunensis.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- As
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lugdunum
- Issuing authority
- Clodius Albinus
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Clodius Albinus, laureate, right
- Reverse type
- Fortuna, draped, seated left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES D CLO SEP ALB AVG
- Reverse legend
- FORTVNAE REDVCI COS II
Identification
- How to identify
- RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ca.64
- Catalogue reference
- RIC IV Clodius Albinus 64
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.4.ca.64
- Source note
- The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.
Documentation checklist
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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Catalogue references
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- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
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