v21_2662 - LUCIUS VERUS Aureus
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 3 000.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
Realised price : 3 000.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 200.00 €
Starting price : 3 000.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
Realised price : 3 000.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 200.00 €
Type : Aureus
Date: 162
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,21 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Exemplaire parfaitement centré
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste, tête nue et cuirassé de Lucius Vérus à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (B°4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur Lucius Aurèle Vérus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FORT RED TR POT II// COS II.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée assise à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fortuna Reduci Tribunicia Potestate iterum// Consul iterum”, (Le retour de la Fortune revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne et du deuxième consulat).
Commentary
Le seul exemplaire signalé vient de la vente Schulmann d’octobre 1912, n° 168 et se trouve être de mêmes coins que notre exemplaire. Ce type est en fait infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent envisager les ouvrages généraux.
The only example reported comes from the Schulmann sale of October 1912, no. 168 and happens to be of the same dies as our example. This type is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest.
The only example reported comes from the Schulmann sale of October 1912, no. 168 and happens to be of the same dies as our example. This type is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
LUCIUS VERUS
(7/03/161-02/169)
Son of Aelius, Lucius Verus, born in 130, was adopted at the same time as Marcus Aurelius by Antoninus at the express request of the dying Hadrian. During the reign of his adoptive father, he remained in the shadows and did not even receive the title of Caesar. After Antoninus' death, his half-brother immediately shared power with him, except for the titles of "Pontifex Maximus" (Grand Pontiff) and "Pater Patriæ" (Father of the Fatherland). Lucius Verus led a brilliant campaign in Armenia between 163 and 165, then against the Parthians. He married Lucille in 164 and died in February 169Lucius Aurelius Verus.
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