| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33261 Price realized: 8,500 USD (Approx. 7,808 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Lucius Verus (AD 161-169). AV aureus (18mm, 6.84 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 161-162. IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus right, aegis on left shoulder / CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR TR P II, togate facing figures of Marcus Aurelius (on right) and Lucius Verus (on left), turned toward each another, clasping right hands; COS II in exergue. Calicó 2119 (same obverse die). RIC -. Naturalistic and handsome portraits of the rulers on velvet surfaces. 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. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-lucius-verus-ad-161-169-av-aureus-18mm-684-gm-7h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-5-5/a/3114-33261.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
