brm_971034 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 290-291
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,13 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Des faiblesses. Patine gris foncé
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 et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDIS MILITVM// ML (SIC!).
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une enseigne militaire dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
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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