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E-auction 338-252638 - brm_550257 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF
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Estimate : 175 €
Price : 42 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 07 October 2019 14:22:00
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286
Mint name / Town : atelier local
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Beau buste de Carausius avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine verte granuleuse
Catalogue references :
C.-  - RIC.-  - HCC.-  - Casey-  - RC.-  - MRK.-

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 : PAX - AVG.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).

Commentary


Poids léger. Imitation ou aurelianus sans marque. Poids très léger. Sans argenture. Représentation inhabituelle de la Paix avec une corne d’abondance. Revers de style fin.

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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