File 154 - Roman Imperial silver denarius depicting Clodius Albinus and Roma

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Roman Imperial silver denarius depicting Clodius Albinus and Roma

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    University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives

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    SCA367-GA423-154

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    Silver denarius without mintmark.

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    Date(s)

    • Between 193 and 195 (Creation)

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    Physical description

    1 coin : AR ; 1.8cm diam ; 2.72g

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    Name of creator

    Pyke, Edgar William
    (1891-1981)

    Biographical history

    Born April 12, 1891 to William Thomas Pyke and Annie Warner, Edgar William Pyke was a high school classics teacher who collected coins to use for teaching examples for his classes. Raised in Toronto, he attended McMaster University until his schooling was interrupted by the First World War. Edgar enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on May 20, 1916 and was sent to France. He was wounded at Vimy in April of 1917 suffering a shrapnel wound to the left arm and chest. After being invalided back to Canada he recovered at the Central Military Convalescence Hospital before returning to his studies. He graduated in 1919 and was able to secure employment as a teacher of classics. On August 4, 1925 he married Ethel Morgan of England. Edgar died in 1981 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.

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    Scope and content

    • Obverse: Bear head right Legend: D(ecimus) CLOD(ius) SEPT(imus) ALBIN(us) CAES(ar)
    • Reverse: Roma seated left, holding scepter in l. hand and palladium in r. hand, shield at side. Legend: [ROMAE] [AETE]RNAE

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    Reverse Legend not fully visible

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    Donated in 2019 by Elizabeth Kerr.

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    • Latin

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      General note

      Minted in Rome during the reign of Clodius Albinus 193 – 195 AD

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      No. 19 (ERIC II 2010, p304) No. 11b (RIC IV.1 1968, p45)

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      • Created JB March 2019
      • Revised WL 2025-08-21

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          Sources

          • H. Mattingly and E. Sydenham. The Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol. IV, Part 1, Pertinax to Geta.
          • Suarez, Rasiel. Eric II: The encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins.
          • Dietmar Kienast. RÖMISCHE KAISERTABELLE
          • http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ca.11

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