E-auction 68-32702 - brm_154294 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

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Estimate :	145 €
Price :	38 €
Maximum bid :	51 €
End of the sale :	04 August 2014 15:20:30
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Aurelianus

Date: 291

Mint name / Town : Colchester

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 4,27 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie frappée sur un flan très large mais de façon molle, notamment au centre de la monnaie. Exemplaire complet des deux cotés, à la patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

C.251 var. (10f.) - RIC.348 - HCC.156 - RC.3569

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 Cæsar Carausius Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVI-D AVG// C.

Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence), drapée debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l’auguste).