brm_716504 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 25,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli buste. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L AVREL - VERVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Lucius Vérus à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Verus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FELIC AVG TR P III// COS II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à gauche avec cinq rameurs et un timonier, une victoire et deux aigles légionnaires sur la proue.
Reverse translation : (Felicitatas Augusti Tribunicia Potestate tertium Consul iterum).
Commentary
Revers extraordinaire pour un grand module !.
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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