Live auction - brm_410968 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus
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Estimate : | 250 € |
Price : | 150 € |
Maximum bid : | 150 € |
End of the sale : | 08 November 2016 15:00:11 |
bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 290-291
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Carausius à l’usure régulière. Revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur Carausius pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG/ B|E// MLXXI.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre vertical de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l'auguste).
Commentary
Sans argenture. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Sur cet exemplaire, le sceptre de Pax est vertical.