Live auction - brm_501070 - LUCIUS VERUS Aureus
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:05:53 |
Type : Aureus
Date: mars - avril
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait inhabituel du début de règne à l’usure régulière. Revers à la légende inhabituelle. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acheté en 1961 et provient de la collection R. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L AVREL - VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Lucius Vérus à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Vérus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORD AVGVSTOR// COS II.
Reverse description : Marc Aurèle debout à gauche et Lucius Vérus debout à droite se donnant la main et tenant chacun un parchemin roulé (volumen) dans la main gauche.
Reverse translation : Concordiæ Augustorum Consul iterum”, (À la Concorde des augustes consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Calico, collection Biaggi (Calico, p. 309, n° 2109).
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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