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v41_0564 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)

LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32) XF
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 185.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: mars - décembre
Date: 169
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 18e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, bien centré. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert olive foncé épaisse

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


Beau portrait divinisé de Lucius Vérus.

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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