v21_2670 - LUCIUS VERUS Denier

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 150.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: 03-12/169

Date: 169

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 3,29 g.

Rarity : R1

Emission: 18e

Coments on the condition:

Très beau portrait. Revers historiquement important. Sur un flan large et complet. Frappe molle au revers sur le bûcher

Catalogue references :

C.58 (12f.) - RIC.596 b - BMC/RE.505 pl. 62-20 - MIR.18/187 /4-10 - RCV.5206 (300$) - MAR.- p. 102 - MRK.39 /79 (300€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS - VERVS.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Lucius Vérus à droite (O°).

Obverse translation : “Divus Verus”, (Divin Vérus).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.

Reverse description : Bûcher funéraire à quatre étages surmonté d'un quadrige de face.

Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

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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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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