v45_0412 - LUCILLA Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28)
Date: 167
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 20,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court au niveau de la légende. Beau portrait de Lucille. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVCILLA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Lucille à droite, avec les cheveux coiffés en chignon dans la nuque (L).
Obverse translation : “Lucilla Augusta”, (Lucille Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IVNO - REGINA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Junon drapée et voilée, debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, à gauche, un paon.
Reverse translation : “Iuno Regina”, (Junon reine).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
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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