Roman Silver and Bronze
Lot 3814 SESSION 12 (Friday at 11.30am) Roman Silver and Bronze
Estimate $300
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SOLD $360
CLODIUS ALBINUS, (A.D. 195-197), silver denarius, Rome mint (RIC), but now attributed to Alexandria mint (by Bickford-Smith), issued A.D. 193, (2.516 grams), obv. bare head of Clodius Albinus to right, around D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, rev. around [F]EL[ICI TA] S COS II, Felicitas standing to left holding sceptre and caduceus, (S.-, cf.RIC 4, cf.RSC 15). Large head type, very fine and very rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 79 (lot 3635) and from the CNG Sale 47 (lot 1756) and the Roger A. Bickford-Smith Collection. See Roger A. Bickford-Smith, "The Imperial Mints in the East for Septimius Severus", Rivista Italiana, 1994/1995, No.8 (Pl.I, 8), for the attribution of this rare type to Alexandria mint.
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