| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients Lucilla (AD 164-182/3). AV aureus (18mm, 6.55 gm, 5h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, edge filing. Rome, AD 161-162. LVCILLAE AVG-ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust of Lucilla right, seen from front, hair weaved and coiled at lower back of head in small chignon / PIE-TAS, Pietas, draped, standing facing, veiled head left, acerra (incense box) in left hand, right hand extended over lighted altar to left. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 774. Calicó 2214a. Mazzini 49. Charming feminine portrait on lovely bright flan. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XXV (22 September 2022), lot 1037. The second of six daughters born to Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior, Lucilla grew up as an imperial princess, with the strange mix of power and helplessness such a position entailed in ancient Rome. In AD 161, at the age of 12, she was betrothed to Lucius Verus, who was her father's adoptive brother and co-emperor. The marriage took place three years later in Ephesus, while Lucius was on campaign against the Parthians in the East. The marriage endured until his sudden death to a stroke in AD 169. Much against her wishes, her father then married her to a distinguished elderly senator, Tiberius Claudius Pompienus. Although her husband was one of the most powerful men in government, Lucilla was no longer Augusta, or empress, a situation she found increasingly intolerable. The death of Marcus and the accession of her brother Commodus in AD 180 made matters worse, since she frequently quarreled with him and envied his wife, Crispina, who now held the title of Augusta. In AD 182, she entered into a plot with one of her lovers to do away with Commodus. But the assassin hesitated after drawing the knife and was wrestled to the ground before he could strike. When Lucilla's role in the plot was exposed, she was arrested and exiled to the island of Capri, with her sister-in-law Crispina to keep her company. Her death, either by starvation or execution, came shortly thereafter. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-lucilla-ad-164-182-3-av-aureus-18mm-655-gm-5h-ngc-au-5-5-3-5-edge-filing/a/3115-32284.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
