brm_601137 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce
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Price : 190.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 190.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 23,17 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Joli buste. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L - AVREL VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste, tête laurée et cuirassé de Lucius Vérus à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (B*4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Verus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROV DEOR - TR P COS II / S|C.
Reverse description : Providentia (La Providence) debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Deorum Tribunicia Potestas Consul iterum”, (La providence divine, empereur revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois).
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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