v18_0630 - CARUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 03-06/283
Date: 10-12/282
Mint name / Town : Italie, Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine vert gris
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CARVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carus à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Carus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Carus pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES - PVBLICA// SXXI.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant un pan de sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Publica”, (L’Espérance publique).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
CARUS
(09/282-07/283)
Carus is proclaimed in Rhaetia at the end of August 282. Probus is assassinated in Sirmium. Carus entrusts the rank of Caesar to his eldest son Carin at the end of October, then to his other son, Numérien, in December. Carus named his august sons in March 283. In the spring of 283, he began a brilliant campaign against the Sassanids, took Ctesiphon, their capital, but was struck down by lightning in July 283. Numerian, who accompanied him, was charged with bringing back the troops.
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