v16_0549 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 80.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)

Date: 03-12/169

Date: 169

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 22,78 g.

Rarity : R2

Emission: 18e

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Patine vert jade clair, écaillée sur la tranche

Catalogue references :

C.56 - RIC.1509 - BMC/RE.1359 pl. 62-0 - MIR.18/184 - RCV.5207 (350$)

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]/ S|C.

Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un globe, tournant la tête à gauche, les ailes ouvertes.

Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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..

LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce VF/VF

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LUCIUS VERUS Denier VF

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LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce VF

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LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce VF

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LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce VF

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v16_0549 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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