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Live auction - brm_929851 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus AU
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : 210 €
Maximum bid : 210 €
End of the sale : 22 July 2025 15:38:47
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 286
Mint name / Town : Colchester
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, légèrement décentré. Très joli buste de Caurausius. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Carausius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Carausius Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG// C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l’auguste).

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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