brm_934304 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 291-292
Mint name / Town : Camulodunum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste. Des faiblesses. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Caesar Carausius Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LAETIT AVG/ S|P// C.
Reverse description : Laetitia (la Joie) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Laetitia Augusti”, (La Joie 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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