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E-auction 308-226680 - brm_251054 - CARAUSIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS Aurelianus XF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 32 €
Maximum bid : 55 €
End of the sale : 11 March 2019 14:10:30
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Aurelianus
Date: c. 291-293
Mint name / Town : Colchester
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais et ovale, décentré des deux côtés sur les légendes. Beau portrait l’usure régulière. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CARAVSIVS P 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 Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Carausius pieux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VIRT-V[S AVG]/ C|-// -.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) ou Mars debout à droite, casqué et vêtu militairement, s’appuyant de la main gauche sur son bouclier et de la main droite, tenant une longue haste.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”.

Commentary


Titulature au droit inhabituelle. Au revers, la marque d’exergue est illisible, mais seul l’atelier de Colchester a pu frapper ce type d’aurelianus avec le C dans le champ à gauche.

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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