Clodius Albinus AV aureus, as Augustus, AD 195-197, Lyons mint, 6.76 g. IMP CAES D CLOD SEPT ALBIN AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. IOVI VICTORI COS II, Jupiter, naked but for chlamys over one shoulder, standing front, looking left, holding Victory and sceptre, eagle at foot left. RIC 25; Cohen 42; Calicó 2419. Of the highest rarity, only the second specimen known of this type and only the fourth aureus known of Claudius Albinus as Augustus. Engraved in the rustic style distinct from his issues as Caesar, which were struck in Rome by Septimius Severus. With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 62, lot 2044. Oct. 2011