v36_0497 - LUCILLA Dupondius, (MB, Æ 25)
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 25)
Date: 164-166
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVCILLAE AVG - ANTONINI AVG F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Lucille à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).
Obverse translation : "Lucilla Augusta Antonini Filia", (Lucille augusta fille d’Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PVDI-CITIA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pudicitia (la Pudeur), voilée et drapée, assise à gauche, tenant de la main droite son voile.
Reverse translation : "Pudicitia", (La Pudeur).
Commentary
Sur ce bronze, Lucille est présentée comme la fille d’Antonin. Il faut bien sûr comprendre qu’il s’agit en fait de Marc Aurèle.
Historical background
LUCILLA
(+182)
Augusta
Born in 149, Lucille was married by her father to Lucius Vérus in 164. She may have received the title of Augusta in 161. After the death of her husband in 169, she married Pompeianus, an old senator, friend of Marcus Aurelius. When Commodus succeeds his father, he honors his sister, but Lucille plots against him. She was exiled to Capri, then executed in 182.
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