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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Lucilla, Sestertius, Rome, c. 164, draped bust right, lvcillae avg antonini avg, rev. venvs, Venus standing left, holding apple and long sceptre, s c in field, 30.01g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1763; C 72). On a large heavy flan, good very fine, dark patina £400-600
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Provenance: G. Gallet Collection, Jules Florange/Louis Ciani Auction 73 (Paris), 28 May 1924; bt Spink June 1939.
The wife of Lucius Verus, Lucilla was the elder sister of the future emperor Commodus
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Lucilla, Sestertius, Rome, c. 164, draped bust right, lvcillae avg antonini avg, rev. venvs, Venus standing left, holding apple and long sceptre, s c in field, 30.01g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1763; C 72). On a large heavy flan, good very fine, dark patina £400-600
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Provenance: G. Gallet Collection, Jules Florange/Louis Ciani Auction 73 (Paris), 28 May 1924; bt Spink June 1939.
The wife of Lucius Verus, Lucilla was the elder sister of the future emperor Commodus