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Live auction - brm_469556 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus VF
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 30 January 2018 15:00:02
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 289
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince, ovale et irrégulier à l’usure importante lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt en 2008

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/ F|O// ML.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.

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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