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brm_825433 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286-293
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Carausius à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Empereur Carausius Pieux Heureux Auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LEG II// ML.
Reverse description : Capricorne à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Secundus Legio”, (La deuxième Légion).

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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