Live auction - brm_503696 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 October 2018 15:00:07

Type : Aurelianus

Date: c. 286

Mint name / Town : Irregular mint

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 2,71 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Beau buste de Carausius avec une trace de double frappe. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.895 - C.197 var. (10f.) - HCC.- - RCV.13648 var. - Casey- p. 88

Obverse

Obverse legend : INP CARAVSIVS [P F AVG] (SIC !).

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 une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).

Commentary

Poids excessivement léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
Excessively light weight. Type 3 ribbons. Thin pteryges under the paludamentum