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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, 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|, |Lucius| |Verus,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |February| |169| |A.D.||denarius|
In 162, Lucius Verus began war with the Parthians after Vologases IV invaded Syria and Armenia. The Romans would be victorious but the returning army would bring back a pandemic known as the Antonine Plague. The plague would significantly depopulate the entire Roman Empire.SH53593. Silver denarius, RIC III MA482, RSC II 155, BMCRE IV 202, Hunter II 7, cf. SRCV II 5354 (TR P III), Superb Uncirculated; fine style, bold strike, perfect centering, blazing luster, minor flan crack, weight 3.273 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, Dec 161 - Dec 162 A.D.; obverse IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare head right; reverse PROV DEOR TR P II COS II, Providentia standing left, globe in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; ex H. S. Perlin Co. (1988); SOLD







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