Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Clodius Albinus, AD 195-197. AE Sestertius (24.7g), minted at Rome as Caesar, c. AD 194-195, by Septimius Severus. Bare head right of Clodius Albinus. Reverse Minerva standing left, holding spear, shield and palm branch. RIC 54(a) [as Rare]; BMC 535. Reddish-brown patina with detailed portrait and on a nice round flan. Some smoothing in the fields, especially on the reverse. Very Fine.

This emperor's coinage as Augustus is rarer than the issues struck as Caesar under Septimius Severus.
Estimated Value $600 - 700.
Ex Spink, G. Powell Collection (VII 2000), lot 1416.