Live auction - brm_929646 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus
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Live starting : Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286-293
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli centaure. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente CNG 37, lot n° 1791 (du 20 mars 1996)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Carausius à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Empereur Carausius Pieux Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LEG II PARTH // ML.
Reverse description : Centaure marchant à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Secundus Legio Parthica ”, (La deuxième Légion Parthique).
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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