v34_0550 - LUCIUS VERUS Denier
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 167
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 14e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers de frappe un peu molle. Recouvert d’une fine patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L VERVS AVG - ARM PARTH MAX.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Lucius-Vérus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Lucius Verus Augustus Armeniacus Parthicus Maximus", (Lucius Vérus auguste vainqueur des arméniens grand parthique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT VII IMP - IIII COS III.
Reverse description : Aequitas (l’Équité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Tribunicia Potestate septimum Imperator quartum Consul tertium", (Revêtu de la septième puissance tribunitienne de la quatrième salutation impériale consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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