Live auction - brm_1122648 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 1 800 € |
| Price : | 2 212 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 524 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 June 2026 14:41:22 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 163
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Buste de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L AVREL - VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste, tête nue, drapé et cuirassé de Lucius Vérus à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière .
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Verus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT III COS II/ S|C// FORT RED.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée, assise à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate tertium Consul iterum Fortuna Redux”, (Revêtu de la troisième puissance tribunicienne, consul pour la deuxième fois, le retour de la Fortune).
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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