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A silver denarius of the emperor Clodius Albinus with an Aesculapius reverse Coin Type: Silver denarius of Clodius Albinus, Caesar 193-195 CE, Augustus 195-196 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 195 CE.
Size and Weight: 17 mm x 18 mm, 2.6g
Obverse: D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES
Bare head right.
Reverse: (COS) II
Aesculapius standing left, feeding snake which coils up staff at his right side.
Provenance: Peter Morris (Bromley North), January 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 6140; RIC 2
BW Ref: 002 027 071
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