v28_0375 - CARAUSIUS for DIOCLETIAN and MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS Aurelianus

CARAUSIUS for DIOCLETIAN and MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS Aurelianus VF

MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 430.00 €

Type : Aurelianus

Date: 292

Mint name / Town : Bretagne, Londres

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,10 g.

Rarity : R2

Emission: 7e

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Patine vert noir

Catalogue references :

C.241 (25f.) - RIC.143 - HCC.- - Casey- p. 88

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 : PAX - A-VGGG/S|P// MLXXI.

Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pax Augustorum”, (La Paix des trois augustes).

Commentary

Au revers, les trois G de PAX AVGGG sont pour Carausius, Dioclétien et Maximien Hercule.
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..

CARAUSIUS for DIOCLETIAN and MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS Aurelianus XF

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