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Medallion with bust of Clodius Albinus
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 194–195
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze (bimetallic)
Dimensions
Diameter: 51 mm. Weight: 89.82 gm. Die Axis: 8
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.39
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 046.
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Clodius Albinus, draped and cuirassed, to right. DCLODIVSSEPTIMIVSALBINVSCAES
Reverse: Minerva standing to left, holding an olive branch and a shield, a spear resting against the left arm.
MINER PA CIF COSII
Reverse: Minerva standing to left, holding an olive branch and a shield, a spear resting against the left arm.
MINER PA CIF COSII
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 358A); by 1958: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., January 28, 1958, for £ 100/0/0