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Aureus - Clodius Albinus SAECVLO FRVGIFERO COS II, Saeculum Frugiferum
| Issuer | Western provinces, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 194-195 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC IV.1#9A, OCRE#ric.4.ca.9A |
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| Reverse description | The allegorical figure of Saeculum Frugiferum (the Fruitful Age) depicted radiate and naked to the waist, standing facing left. The figure holds a winged caduceus in the right hand and a large fork or trident in the left hand, symbolizing agricultural abundance and prosperity. The reverse legend SAECVLO FRVGIFERO COS II is disposed around the periphery, referencing Albinus's second consulship and evoking themes of a fertile and prosperous new era. The field is plain with no exergual inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Clodius Albinus held Britain and much of Gaul after Septimius Severus bought his loyalty with the title of Caesar in 193, but by 194–195 the alliance was already fracturing. The SAECVLO FRVGIFERO reverse — invoking a fruitful age — was a pointed piece of political messaging from a man styling himself a legitimate ruler rather than a rebel, minted in the western provinces while Severus consolidated power in the east. Albinus was defeated and killed at the Battle of Lugdunum in February 197.