brm_266297 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 163
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,83 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire idéalement centré sur un grand flan ovale. Très beau portraitavec un buste inhabituel ! Joli revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L - AVREL VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Lucius Vérus à droite, drapée sur l’épaule gauche (O°2).
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).
Commentary
Poids léger. Buste rarissime, c’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente !.
Lightweight. Extremely rare bust, this is the first time we've offered this type for sale!
Lightweight. Extremely rare bust, this is the first time we've offered this type for sale!
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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