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v21_3449 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus AU
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
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Type : Aurelianus
Date: 292
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres (Londinium)
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large et ovale. Beau portrait massif. Joli revers de haut relief. Avec toute son argenture

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 : PAX - A-VG/ S|P// MLXXI.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre vertical 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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