brm_739502 - LUCILLA Sesterce
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Price : 450.00 €
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 166-169
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau buste de Lucille, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
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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", (Lucille augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FECVN-DITAS// S C.
Reverse description : Fecunditas (la Fécondité) assise à droite, tenant un enfant ; un autre enfant à ses pieds de chaque côté.
Reverse translation : “Fecunditas”, (La Fécondité).
Commentary
Il ne semble pas que Lucille ait conservé son droit de figurer sur les monnaies après la mort de Lucius Vérus en 169.
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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