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brm_685889 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF/VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 291
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste de Carausius. Revers à l’usure plus importante. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
RC.-  - RIC.- . - HCC.-  - Casey-  - BNS.-  - RCV.-

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Carausius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PAX - AVG.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre long vertical de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l'auguste).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3. Revers à peine identfiable mal venu à la frappe.

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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