Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus was a Roman usurper.
After Pertinax was assassinated in 193, the imperial throne was sold to Didius Julianus. Immediately afterwards, Pescennius Niger was proclaimed Emperor by the legions in Syria; Septimius Severus by the troops in Illyricum and Pannonia, and Albinus by the armies in Britain and Gaul.
In the civil war that followed, Albinus was initially allied with Septimius Severus. When in 196 Severus had defeated his two other rivals, he turned to Albinus. The two armies met at the Battle of Lugdunum. Albinus was defeated and killed himself, or was captured and executed on the orders of Severus.
After Pertinax was assassinated in 193, the imperial throne was sold to Didius Julianus. Immediately afterwards, Pescennius Niger was proclaimed Emperor by the legions in Syria; Septimius Severus by the troops in Illyricum and Pannonia, and Albinus by the armies in Britain and Gaul.
In the civil war that followed, Albinus was initially allied with Septimius Severus. When in 196 Severus had defeated his two other rivals, he turned to Albinus. The two armies met at the Battle of Lugdunum. Albinus was defeated and killed himself, or was captured and executed on the orders of Severus.
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Clodius Albinus
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Obverse: bare head right; D CL SEPT AL_BIN CAES
Reverse: Saeculum Frugiferum standing left, holding caduceus with grain ears and trident; SAECVLO FRVGIFERO COS II / S__C
Diameter:
24 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.8 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.8 g
No notes for this coin
RIC IVa, 61 (C. 72); BMC V, 549 (Pl. 23, 8); C. 72 (Paris)
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Clodius Albinus
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Obverse: D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES / bare head right
Reverse: MINER PACIF COS II / Minerva standing left, holding olive branch and shield on ground, spear resting against her left arm
Diameter:
-
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Clodius Albinus (c. 150 – 19 February 197) was a Roman usurper who was proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) after the murder of Pertinax in 193 (known as the "Year of the Five Emperors"), and who proclaimed himself emperor again in 196, before his final defeat the following year.
KV 1+
RIC 7a, Sear 6144
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Clodius Albinus
An
AE
Sestertius
struck 193 – 195 AD
in
Rome
Obverse: D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES / bare head right
Reverse: FORT REDVCI COS II / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder & cornucopiae, wheel beneath chair.
Diameter:
-
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 17.13 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 17.13 g
No notes for this coin
RIC 53