v24_0410 - LUCIUS VERUS As, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 163
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait inhabituel. Patine marron foncé. Frappe molle et faible
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L - AVREL VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé , tête nue de Lucius Vérus à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (B°4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Vérus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FORT RED TR POT III COS II// SC.
Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée assise à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fortuna Reduci Tribunicia Potestate tertium Consul iterum”, (Le retour de la Fortune revêtu de la troisième puissance tribunitienne et du deuxième consulat).
Historical background
LUCIUS VERUS
(7/03/161-02/169)
Son of Aelius, Lucius Verus, born in 130, was adopted at the same time as Marcus Aurelius by Antoninus at the express request of the dying Hadrian. During the reign of his adoptive father, he remained in the shadows and did not even receive the title of Caesar. After Antoninus' death, his half-brother immediately shared power with him, except for the titles of "Pontifex Maximus" (Grand Pontiff) and "Pater Patriæ" (Father of the Fatherland). Lucius Verus led a brilliant campaign in Armenia between 163 and 165, then against the Parthians. He married Lucille in 164 and died in February 169Lucius Aurelius Verus.
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