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E-auction 508-419172 - brm_600117 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus VF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 35 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 09 January 2023 14:14:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 288-289
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CARAVSIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié , drapé et cuirassé de Carausius à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Carausius Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Carausius auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : FORT - AAV/ -|-// ML (SIC !).
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fortuna Redux”, (Le retour de la Fortune.

Commentary


Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3.

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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