v24_0413 - LUCILLA Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: c. 164-166
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 25,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large, légèrement ovale, et épais. Patine vert foncé granuleuse
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 : “Lucillæ Augustæ Antonini Augusti Filia”, (À Lucille augusta fille d'Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VE-NVS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Vénus debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite une pomme et de la gauche, un sceptre long.
Reverse translation : “Venus”, (Venus).
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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