Live auction - brm_565097 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

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AU/XF

Estimate :	300 €
Price :	262 €
Maximum bid :	262 €
End of the sale :	28 January 2020 15:19:31
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Aurelianus

Date: 289

Mint name / Town : Londres

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 25,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 4,34 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Tréflage au revers. Très beau buste de Carausius, expressif. Agréable patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.193 var. - RIC.101 var. - RCV.13639 A (250$) - HCC.36 var - Casey- p. 88

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen

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 heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG/ F|O// ML.

Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti” (La Paix de l’auguste).