A Selection of Wermuth Medals
ROMAN IMPERIAL. Clodius Albinus. AD 195-197. WM Medal (32mm, 11.90 g, 11h). Kaiser-serie. By Christian Wermuth and studio, fl. 1686-1739. (rosette) IMP · CAES · D · CLOD · SEPTIM9 · ALBINVS · P · MAX · TR · P · COS · II, laureate head right; C · PR · CÆS below / Biographical inscription. Edge: (star) ARMA · AMENS · CAPIO (star). Cf. Forrer VI, p. 437 (for series). EF, underlying luster.
This series of medals was struck in the early 18th century by Christian Wermuth. Each of the 214 types bears a portrait of the ruler, a biographical inscription, and an edge inscription in Latin. In addition to the Byzantine rulers, Wermuth includes a number of usurpers listed in the Historia Augusta but now no longer included in the canon of emperors.
