bpv_521151 - LUCIUS VERUS Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire proposant de remarquables bustes. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection ENP et du stock d’André Vayson
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Lucius Vérus à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : L AURHLIO OUHROS SEB
Reverse
Reverse legend : L - B.
Reverse description : Buste héroïque du Nil à droite, un roseau derrière la tête, une corne d’abondance devant.
Reverse translation : (an 2).
Commentary
Avant la collection ENP, nous n’avions jamais proposé de monnaies de Lucius Vérus frappées à Alexandrie.
Before the ENP collection, we had never offered coins of Lucius Verus minted in Alexandria
Before the ENP collection, we had never offered coins of Lucius Verus minted in Alexandria
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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