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v08_0255 - LUCIUS VERUS Denier

LUCIUS VERUS Denier AU
AU
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 144.83 €
Type : Denier
Date: 169
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 700 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 18e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine de collection / Flan légèrement décentré au revers
Catalogue references :
C.3/177-55 (12f.) - RIC.3/262-596a pl.10/205 - BMC/RE.4/456-503 pl.62-19 - MIR.18/184-4/10  - RC.1560 (125£)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS - VERVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Lucius-Vérus à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : (Divin Vérus).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.

Historical background

LUCIUS VERUS

(+02/169)

Consecration of Marcus Aurelius

Exhausted by a life of debauchery and pleasures, Lucius Verus died at the beginning of 169, like his father Aelius, after a short illness. He is immediately deified by Marc Aurèle. Lucille, his wife, will be forced to marry Pompeianus, a collaborator of her father..

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