brm_842055 - LUCIUS VERUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 08-12/166
Date: 163-164
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Joli portrait au droit malgré l’usure. Revers agréable. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : L AVREL VERVS - AVG ARMENIACVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Lucius Vérus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Armeniacus”, (Lucius Aurèle Vérus auguste vainqueur des arméniens).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [TR POT IIII] - IMP II COS [II/ S|C].
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout de face tournée à droite, tenant une palme de la main droite et fixant sur un palmier un bouclier inscrit : VIC/ PAR.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate quartum Imperator iterum Consul iterum/ Victoria Augusti”, (Revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne et de la seconde acclamation impériale consul pour la deuxième fois// La Victoire auguste).
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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