Live auction - brm_972001 - LUCILLA Dupondius

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Estimate :	90 €
Price :	45 €
Maximum bid :	45 €
End of the sale :	14 January 2025 15:03:16
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Dupondius

Date: 166 - 169

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 10,45 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Buste agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.66 - RIC.1760 - BMC/RE.1222 - HCC.57 - RCV.5522 (400$) - MRK.40 /30

Obverse

Obverse legend : LVCILLA - AVGVSTA.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Lucille à droite, avec les cheveux coiffés en chignon dans la nuque (L).

Obverse translation : “Lucilla Augusta”, (Lucille augusta).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SALVS/ S|C.

Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) drapée, assise à gauche, une patère dans la main droite, nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d’un autel.

Reverse translation : “Salus”, (La Santé).

Commentary

Frappé juste avant la maladie qui emportera Lucius Vérus, on peut ici voir un revers “prémonitoire” avec la référence à la santé!.
Struck just before the illness that would take Lucius Verus, we can see here a “premonitory” reverse with the reference to health!