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Denarius - Clodius Albinus VICT AVG COS II, Victory
| Issuer | Western provinces, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 195-197 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Clodius Albinus held Britain and Gaul against Septimius Severus in one of the most consequential of the post-Commodus civil wars. His second consulship, commemorated in this issue, was self-proclaimed in 194 — a political maneuver designed to project legitimacy from his base at Lugdunum. The coinage struck in his name from the western mints was effectively propaganda currency, circulating in territories he controlled while Severan forces pressed from the east.
His army was destroyed at the Battle of Lugdunum in February 197, after which Severus had Albinus's body dragged through the streets. The mint closed immediately.