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brm_280834 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 220.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Très jolie patine vert foncé lissée
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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 : COM-E-S - AVG.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Comes Augusti” (Le Compagnon de l’auguste).

Commentary


Poids léger. Aurelianus sans marque. Rare légende de revers pour Carausius.
Lightweight. Unmarked Aurelianus. Rare reverse legend for Carausius

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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