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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Adoptive Emperors| ▸ |Lucius Verus||View Options:  |  |  | 
Lucius Verus, 7 March 161 - February 169 A.D.

Lucius Verus was the co-emperor of Marcus Aurelius, and married his daughter Lucilla. Although held in high esteem by Marcus, he had a reputation for loose living and few mourned his death in 169 A.D.

|Lucius| |Verus|, |Lucius| |Verus,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |February| |169| |A.D.||sestertius|
Superb VF, beautiful and rare light turquoise patinaRB04783. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III 1310, VF, weight 23.9 g, maximum diameter 32.6 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 161 - 169 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P II, COS II in ex, S-C across fields, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius clasping hands; SOLD


|Lucius| |Verus|, |Lucius| |Verus,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |February| |169| |A.D.||sestertius|
Lucius Verus was the co-emperor of Marcus Aurelius, and married his daughter Lucilla. Although held in high esteem by Marcus, he had a reputation for loose living and few mourned his death in 169 A.D.SH91576. Orichalcum sestertius, BMCRE IV 1051, SRCV II 5368, Cohen III 69, RIC III 1333 var. (bust cuirassed), Hunter II 54 var. (bare head, rev. details), VF, well centered, high-points flatly struck, reverse legend weak, weight 29.432 g, maximum diameter 33.29 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, Dec 162 - Autumn 163 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, laureate head right; reverse FELIC AVG TR P III, galley left over waves, Victory standing left on prow, six rowers, two legionary standards and steersman under apluster at stern, S - C low across fields, COS II in exergue; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; extremely rare variety; SOLD


Lucius Verus, 7 March 161 - February 169 A.D., Gadara, Decapolis

|Lucius| |Verus|, |Lucius| |Verus,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |February| |169| |A.D.,| |Gadara,| |Decapolis||AE| |22|
Gadara (Um Qais, Jordan), located on a mountain summit about 6 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, was the capital of the Roman province Peraea. The local era of Gadara (Pompeian) began in 64 B.C. Mark (5:1) and Luke (8:26-39) describe the miracle healing of a demoniac (Matthew [8:28-34] says two demoniacs) in the country of the Gadarenes.The Decapolis
RY13988. Bronze AE 22, Spijkerman 58, VF, nice dark blue-green patina, weight 7.293 g, maximum diameter 21.6 mm, die axis 0o, Gadara (Um Qais, Jordan) mint, 160 - 161 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC Λ AYPOYHPOC, laureate head right; reverse ΓAΔAPE-WN ΔKC, bare-headed young male bust right; rare; SOLD


Lucius Verus, 7 March 161 - February 169 A.D., Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia

|Magnesia| |ad| |Meandrum|, |Lucius| |Verus,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |February| |169| |A.D.,| |Magnesia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Ionia||AE| |39|
Magnesia ad Maeandrum was an inland city of Ionia, located on a small tributary of the Maeander River about 12 miles southeast of Ephesus. "..the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)" -- Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40.RP79281. Bronze AE 39, RPC Online IV 2393 (1 specimen), Schultz Magnesia 130, SNGvA 2550, BMC Ionia -, SNG Cop -, SNG Munchen -, F, much better than the only specimen in RPC Online, nice surfaces with slightest porosity, flan crack, weight 21.424 g, maximum diameter 38.8 mm, die axis 180o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum (near Tekin, Turkey) mint, 7 Mar 161 - Feb 169 A.D.; obverse AVT K MA AVPH OYHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene standing facing in center, flanked by two Nikes over shoulders crowning her, two eagles flanking at feet; all between Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing, facing each other, each wearing toga and raising right arm; MAGNHTΩN in exergue; ex Gitbud & Naumann, auction 28, lot 250; HUGE 38.8 mm bronze; very rare; SOLD







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