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Price : 75.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: c. 286
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, centré. Joli buste. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
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.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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