My latest eBay purchase: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS - Laureate head of Lucius Verus right TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C - Victory standing right, attaching shield, inscribed VIC AVG, to palm tree Sestertius, Rome 164 32 mm / 28 gr RIC 1397; BMCRE 1116; Cohen 250, MIR 94 This Sestertius celebrates one of Lucius´ most notable achievements, the success of his campaign against Armenia in 163/64. Has anyone ever noticed that Lucius Verus is the only legitimate Emperor of the first two centuries a.D. whose exact death date (most probably around February 169) has not been found important enough to be recorded? Here are Sestertii of his father, Aelius Caesar, a "gay and voluptuous nobleman" (Gibbon) adopted by Hadrian, and his wife, Lucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius: Let´s see your bronzes of Lucius and his family
Here is my Verus sestertius, from the last Leu auction. I should feel guilty having gotten it so cheap (but I dont!):
