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brm_622584 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus AU/AU
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Price : 290.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 291
Mint name / Town : Colchester
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Très joli revers, finement détaillé. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse legend : MONETA AVG/ S|C// C.
Reverse description : Moneta (la Monnaie) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Moneta Augusti”, (la Monnaie de l’auguste).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Revers rare.

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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