Denarius - Clodius Albinus PROVIDENT AVG COS II; Providentia

Features

Issuer Usurpations of Western provinces (Roman Imperial usurpations)
Ruling authority Clodius Albinus (193-197)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 195-197
Value Denarius (1)
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.8 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
268453
References RIC IV.1# 35,
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.4.ca.35
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Clodius Albinus, laureate, right.

Lettering: IMP CAE D CLO SEP ALB AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimus Albinus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Decimus Clodius Septimus Albinus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe set on ground and sceptre in left hand.

Lettering: PROVIDENT AVG COS II

Translation:
Providentia Augusti, Consul Secundum.
Providence of the emperor (Augustus), consul for the second time.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.591–2.915 g;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (195-197) 

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