v28_0234 - LUCILLA Sesterce, (MB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (MB, Æ 31)
Date: 164
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 22,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et très épais. Beau portrait. Usure régulière du revers. Patine vert olive, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVCILLAE AVG - M ANTONINI AVG F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Lucille à droite, avec les cheveux coiffés en chignon dans la nuque (L).
Obverse translation : “Lucillæ Augustæ Marci Antonini Augusti filia”, (À Lucille augusta fille de Marc Antoine (Aurèle) auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : V-E-NVS/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Vénus drapée assise à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Venus”, (Venus).
Commentary
Poids 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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