brm_291986 - LUCIUS VERUS Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 162
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel à l’usure importante. Revers de style fin. Patine grise superficielle. A été nettoyé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé, tête nue de Lucius Vérus, vu de trois quarts en arrière (B°4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L'empereur Lucius Aurèle Vérus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROV - DEOR TR P II COS II.
Reverse description : Providentia (La Providence) debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Deorum Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul iterum” (La Providence des dieux, revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Denier du début du règne. Buste inhabituel, mais de frappe faible faisant ppenser à un buste nu drapé sur l’épaule.
Denarius from the beginning of the reign. Unusual bust, but of weak strike, reminiscent of a naked bust draped over the shoulder.
Denarius from the beginning of the reign. Unusual bust, but of weak strike, reminiscent of a naked bust draped over the shoulder.
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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