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brm_900818 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF
125.00 €(Approx. 131.25$ | 103.75£)
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Type : Aurelianus
Date: 289
Mint name / Town : Colchester
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 20,00 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine olive foncé. Portrait stylisé. Décentré au droit. Joli style de la Paix au revers
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [IMP CARAV]SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Carausius Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur Carausius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG// SM[C].
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pax Augusti", (La Paix de l'auguste).

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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