brm_916896 - LUCILLA Sesterce

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200.00 €(Approx. 222.00$ | 168.00£)

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Type : Sesterce

Date: c. 164-166

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 31,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 21,34 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré. Joli buste de Lucille. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine marron-vert

Catalogue references :

RCV.5506 var. (850$) - RIC.1765 - BMC/RE.1224 - MRK.40 /33 var. (500€) - C.74 (5f.) - SIR.24

Obverse

Obverse legend : LVCILLA - AVGVSTA.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Lucille à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).

Obverse translation : “Lucilla Augusta”, (À Lucille augusta).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VE-NVS/ S|C.

Reverse description : Vénus debout à gauche, portant une pomme de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Venus”, (Vénus).

Commentary

Ce type de sesterce avec la titulature courte de Lucille semble beaucoup plus rare.

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.

LUCILLA Sesterce XF/VF

brm_916896 - LUCILLA Sesterce

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

LUCILLA

(+182)

Augusta

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