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E-auction 339-253377 - brm_550249 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF
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Estimate : 195 €
Price : 68 €
Maximum bid : 78 €
End of the sale : 14 October 2019 14:20:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: c. 286
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier et échancré au revers à 1 heure. Beau buste stylisé de Carausius. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP 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 Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Carausius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PA-X - [AVG].
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Buste stylisé.

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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