Live auction - brm_888945 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

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Estimate :	220 €
Price :	140 €
Maximum bid :	140 €
End of the sale :	23 January 2024 15:42:02
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Aurelianus

Date: 292-293

Mint name / Town : Colchester

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,46 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli buste de Carausius. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.2- - RIC.356 - HCC.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection Vincent Montserret

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 heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVID AVG/ S|E// MC.

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).