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v11_0405 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus AU
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 304.90 €
Realised price : 152.45 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 182.94 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 291
Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Colchester
Metal : bronze
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait réaliste de l’empereur. Jolie patine vert noir. Revers légèrement stylisé, complet
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C 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 Cæsar Carausius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PA-X - AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre long vertical 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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