Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 
                           Lot #15 - CLODIUS ALBINUS as CAESAR : Aureus

                                     Estimate  US$34500
]          193-195 AD, Aureus, Rome, 194 AD,
                                      7.11g. BM-93 pl. 8.4 (same obv.
                                      die), C-29 (1500 Fr.). Obv: D CLOD
                                      SEPT ALBIN CAES Head bare r., folds
                                      of cloak on both shoulders. Rx: FORT
                                      REDVCI COS II Fortuna Redux seated
                                      l. holding rudder on globe and
                                      cornucopia, wheel under seat.
                                      Extremely rare: only the fifth
                                      aureus of this type, and the
                                      fourteenth aureus of Albinus as
                                      Caesar altogether, that are known to
                                      C. Clay. The four others of this
                                      type are BM-93, Paris, Mazzini-29,
                                      and Vinchon Nov. 1977 119. F+/F
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[From an H.J.Berk online auction, early 2001. Re-used by permission.]