v18_0413 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 24,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bien centré sur un flan très large avec un beau portrait. Patine marron, mais flan piqué et corrodé.
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vieille collection du XIXe siècle du Sud de la France
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L AVREL - VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste, tête nue de Lucius Vérus à droite avec l’égide sur la poitrine (O°4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Verus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P/ S|C// COS II.
Reverse description : Lucius Verus et Marc Aurèle debout face à face, se donnant la main.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum Tribunicia Potestas// Consul secundus”, (La Concorde des augustes revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne// consul pour la deuxième fois).
Commentary
Frappé sur un flan de “médaillon”, mais avec un poids léger.
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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