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E-auction 338-252637 - brm_550247 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 136 €
Maximum bid : 140 €
End of the sale : 07 October 2019 14:21:30
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286-288
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et irrégulier à l’usure régulière. Joli revers inhabituel. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de ROME II, n° 254

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).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LAETIT-IA AVG/ -|-// -.
Reverse description : Laetitia (la Joie) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et de la main gauche un gouvernail.

Commentary


Sans argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Portrait légèrement stylisé.
No surface silvering. Type 3 ribbons. Pteryges invisible under the paludamentum. Slightly stylized portrait

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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