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E-auction 510-421971 - brm_600129 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus VF/XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 53 €
Maximum bid : 70 €
End of the sale : 23 January 2023 14:09:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 291
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Buste de Carausius fortement stylisé. Joli revers avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la Paix. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Carausius Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PA-[X] - AVG/ S|C// C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre long vertical de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l'auguste).

Commentary


Poids léger. Sans argenture. Avec ce type de marque (S|C), notre aurelianus est plus rare. La lettre S est rétrograde. Le buste est fortement stylisé. Nous sommes en présence d’une imitation.

Historical background


CARAUSIUS

(late 286-293)

Carausius is named commander-in-chief of the fleet in charge of fighting against Frankish and Breton pirates. Proclaimed august in 286, he seized Brittany and part of the west coast of northern Gaul, between Scheldt and Seine. He was assassinated at the end of 293 by Allectus, his praetorian prefect.

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