E-auction 230-154019 - brm_447022 - CARAUSIUS for DIOCLETIAN and MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2017 14:36:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 292
Mint name / Town : Colchester
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale. Joli buste. 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 : PAX - A-VGGG/ S|P //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 Augustorum”, (La Paix des trois augustes).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Sans argenture. Au revers, les trois G de PAX AVGGG sont pour Carausius, Dioclétien et Maximien Hercule.
Very light weight. No silver plating. On the reverse, the three Gs in PAX AVGGG stand for Carausius, Diocletian, and Maximian Hercules.
Very light weight. No silver plating. On the reverse, the three Gs in PAX AVGGG stand for Carausius, Diocletian, and Maximian Hercules.
Historical background
CARAUSIUS for DIOCLETIAN and MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS
(292-293)
During the truce established after the failure of the reconquest of 289, Carausius struck very rare coins with the effigies of Diocletian or Maximian Hercules. These coins all have the particularity of having on the reverse the tripling of the G indicating the existence of three augusts: Carausius, Diocletian and Maximian. Rare coins, in the name of Carausius, also have the same plural mark on the reverse. The appointment of two new Caesars on March 1, 293 put an end to this fiction. After the death of Carausius, in the summer of 293, his successor Allectus was never recognized by the central empire either..
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