E-auction 340-254615 - brm_550252 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	56 €
Maximum bid :	76 €
End of the sale :	21 October 2019 14:30:30
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : Aurelianus

Date: c. 291-293

Mint name / Town : Colchester

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 4,10 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Jolie patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.347 - C.254 var. (10f.) - HCC.- - Casey- p. 88 - RCV.13679 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C 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 Cæsar Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROV-ID AVG/ -|-// -.

Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence), drapée debout à gauche, tenant un sceptre posé au-dessus d’un globe de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l’auguste).