brm_1007144 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus
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Type : Aurelianus
Date: 291
Mint name / Town : Colchester
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Très beau buste de Carausius. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Carausius à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Caesar Carausius Pius Augustus”, (Empereur César Carausius Pieux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG/ S|P.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l'Auguste).
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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