bpv_259411 - LUCIUS VERUS Unité
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Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 161-169
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 8,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré. Beau portrait de Lucius Vérus. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Lucius Vérus à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AU KAI L AURHL OUERO, (Autokrator Kaisar Lukios Aurhlios Ouero).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Lucius Aurèle Vérus).
Reverse
Reverse description : Amphipolis drapée assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et le bras gauche, appuyé sur son siège.
Reverse legend : AMFIPOLEITWN.
Reverse translation : (d’Amphipolis).
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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