Lucius Verus Aureus (Rome, 164 CE)
Issuing Ruler: Lucius Ceionius Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Verus)
Issuing Authority: Roman Empire
Date of Issue: 164 CE (917 AVC)
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus, facing right, surrounded by legend L·VERVS·AVG·ARMENIACVS ["Lucius Verus, Conqueror of Armenia"].
Reverse: Victory, half-draped standing facing right, placing a shield inscribed VIC·AVG ["The Emperor is Victorious"] upon a palm tree [signifying Mesopotamia and Parthia]. Legend surrounds, reading TR·P·IIII·IMP·II·COS·II ["Invested with Power of Tribunition for the Fourth Time, Imperator Twice Over, Second Consulship"].
Weight: 7.19 g
Diameter: 19mm
Axis: 5h
Denomination: Aureus
Provenance: Ex Maître Robert Schuman Collection; Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel 66, Lot 657 (1984); Schulman 173, Lot 465 (June 5-6, 1930); Aventine Hoard of Sant Anselmo Benedictine Monastery (1893)
Issuing Ruler: Lucius Ceionius Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Verus)
Issuing Authority: Roman Empire
Date of Issue: 164 CE (917 AVC)
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus, facing right, surrounded by legend L·VERVS·AVG·ARMENIACVS ["Lucius Verus, Conqueror of Armenia"].
Reverse: Victory, half-draped standing facing right, placing a shield inscribed VIC·AVG ["The Emperor is Victorious"] upon a palm tree [signifying Mesopotamia and Parthia]. Legend surrounds, reading TR·P·IIII·IMP·II·COS·II ["Invested with Power of Tribunition for the Fourth Time, Imperator Twice Over, Second Consulship"].
Weight: 7.19 g
Diameter: 19mm
Axis: 5h
Denomination: Aureus
Provenance: Ex Maître Robert Schuman Collection; Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel 66, Lot 657 (1984); Schulman 173, Lot 465 (June 5-6, 1930); Aventine Hoard of Sant Anselmo Benedictine Monastery (1893)
Issuing Ruler: Lucius Ceionius Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Verus)
Issuing Authority: Roman Empire
Date of Issue: 164 CE (917 AVC)
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus, facing right, surrounded by legend L·VERVS·AVG·ARMENIACVS ["Lucius Verus, Conqueror of Armenia"].
Reverse: Victory, half-draped standing facing right, placing a shield inscribed VIC·AVG ["The Emperor is Victorious"] upon a palm tree [signifying Mesopotamia and Parthia]. Legend surrounds, reading TR·P·IIII·IMP·II·COS·II ["Invested with Power of Tribunition for the Fourth Time, Imperator Twice Over, Second Consulship"].
Weight: 7.19 g
Diameter: 19mm
Axis: 5h
Denomination: Aureus
Provenance: Ex Maître Robert Schuman Collection; Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel 66, Lot 657 (1984); Schulman 173, Lot 465 (June 5-6, 1930); Aventine Hoard of Sant Anselmo Benedictine Monastery (1893)
Schulman 173, Lot 465 (June 5-6, 1930) Plate