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As - Clodius Albinus COS II S C, Asclepius
| Issuer | Western provinces, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 194-195 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC IV.1#57A (as), OCRE#ric.4.ca.57A_as |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Asclepius, nude to the waist and wearing a himation around his lower body, stands facing left. In his extended right hand he proffers a patera or offering toward a serpent coiled around a rod (his attribute staff) rising at his right side, while his left arm rests at his side. The reverse legend COS II appears in the upper field, with the senatorial authority mark S C flanking the figure in the lower field, confirming the issue was struck under decree of the Senate. |
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Clodius Albinus held the title Caesar under Septimius Severus from 193, effectively governing Britain and parts of Gaul as a counterweight to the eastern rival Pescennius Niger. The COS II designation dates this piece to 194–195, when Albinus still nominally cooperated with Severus — a relationship that collapsed entirely by 196 when Albinus crossed to Gaul, declared himself Augustus, and was killed at the Battle of Lugdunum in February 197.
RIC 57A is among the scarcer aes issues of this usurper series, struck in western provincial mints rather than Rome.