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Lucius Verus, as Augustus (AD 161-169). AV aureus (19mm, 7.20 gm, 7h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Rome, December AD 163-December AD 164. •L•VERVS AVG-ARMENIACVS, bare head of Lucius Verus right / TR P IIII•IMP II COS II, Victory standing facing, head right, half-draped, inscribing VIC / AVG on shield placed on palm tree. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 522. Calicó 2174 (same dies). Well struck and centered on lustrous flan.
When Antoninus Pius died in March, AD 161, Marcus Aurelius insisted that the Senate also grant his adoptive brother Lucius Verus the title of Augustus, for the first time giving the Empire two theoretically coequal rulers. Marcus also betrothed his daughter Lucilla to Lucius, further cementing their family ties. The arrangement was immediately put to the test in AD 162, when the Parthians attacked Rome's eastern provinces. Lucius traveled eastward at the head of a large legionary task force to repulse the invasion and restore order. His generals served him well and the Parthians were quickly expelled from Armenia, winning Lucius the title Armeniacus. The following year, Roman forces counter-invaded and captured the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon, winning Lucius the title Parthicus Maximus. He received a hero's welcome in Rome in AD 166 and basked in the glow of a triumph.
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD
Lucius Verus, as Augustus (AD 161-169). AV aureus (19mm, 7.20 gm, 7h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Rome, December AD 163-December AD 164. •L•VERVS AVG-ARMENIACVS, bare head of Lucius Verus right / TR P IIII•IMP II COS II, Victory standing facing, head right, half-draped, inscribing VIC / AVG on shield placed on palm tree. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 522. Calicó 2174 (same dies). Well struck and centered on lustrous flan.
When Antoninus Pius died in March, AD 161, Marcus Aurelius insisted that the Senate also grant his adoptive brother Lucius Verus the title of Augustus, for the first time giving the Empire two theoretically coequal rulers. Marcus also betrothed his daughter Lucilla to Lucius, further cementing their family ties. The arrangement was immediately put to the test in AD 162, when the Parthians attacked Rome's eastern provinces. Lucius traveled eastward at the head of a large legionary task force to repulse the invasion and restore order. His generals served him well and the Parthians were quickly expelled from Armenia, winning Lucius the title Armeniacus. The following year, Roman forces counter-invaded and captured the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon, winning Lucius the title Parthicus Maximus. He received a hero's welcome in Rome in AD 166 and basked in the glow of a triumph.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD