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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3494947, member: 99456"][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], impressive detective work, and clear illustration of the imperfect state of our knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have a Vesta to share from Lucilla, I will share these two Lucillae (coins of Lucilla).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]925626[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lucilla Augusta</b>, AD 164-182, AR Denarius, Rome</p><p><b>Obv:</b> LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, Draped bust of Lucilla right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing left, holding torch in both hands.</p><p><b>Size:</b> 3.29g, 18.0mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC 762 (Aurelius)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]925627[/ATTACH] <b>Lucilla Augusta</b>, AR Denarius, AD 161-169, Rome</p><p><b>Obv:</b> LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> VENVS, Venus standing on the left, holding an apple in the right hand and in the left, a long scepter</p><p><b>Size:</b> 3.30g, 12mm</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC 784</p><p><br /></p><p>There is debate about the period in which her coins were issued, when she was made Augusta, and whether the longer title LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F stressing her relation to Marcus Aurelius is earlier or later. Sear in RC&TV II holds: no evidence for AUGVSTA as early as 161, the longer legends are earlier and unlikely that she would have been issued coins after marrying a commoner in 169.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucilla, born ~149, was the third child of Marcus Aurelius, who arranged for her marriage to Lucius Verus in 161. In 164, when she was ~15 years old she married Lucius Verus ~34 years old in Ephesus. Lucius Verus died about 5 years later in 169, returning from war in the Danube. </p><p><br /></p><p>After the death of Lucius Verus, Lucilla, against her will, married Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus Quintianus, a general who had distinguished himself against the Parthians, a senator, and old friend of Marcus Aurelius who was more than twice her age (she was ~21 and he more than 50). When her brother Commodus succeeded his father, Lucilla had some difficulty getting along with Crispina. She plotted against her brother ~182. He had her exiled to Capri, and in the same year executed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3494947, member: 99456"][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], impressive detective work, and clear illustration of the imperfect state of our knowledge. I don't have a Vesta to share from Lucilla, I will share these two Lucillae (coins of Lucilla). [ATTACH=full]925626[/ATTACH] [B]Lucilla Augusta[/B], AD 164-182, AR Denarius, Rome [B]Obv:[/B] LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, Draped bust of Lucilla right [B]Rev:[/B] DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing left, holding torch in both hands. [B]Size:[/B] 3.29g, 18.0mm [B]Ref:[/B] RIC 762 (Aurelius) [ATTACH=full]925627[/ATTACH] [B]Lucilla Augusta[/B], AR Denarius, AD 161-169, Rome [B]Obv:[/B] LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right [B]Rev:[/B] VENVS, Venus standing on the left, holding an apple in the right hand and in the left, a long scepter [B]Size:[/B] 3.30g, 12mm [B]Ref: [/B]RIC 784 There is debate about the period in which her coins were issued, when she was made Augusta, and whether the longer title LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F stressing her relation to Marcus Aurelius is earlier or later. Sear in RC&TV II holds: no evidence for AUGVSTA as early as 161, the longer legends are earlier and unlikely that she would have been issued coins after marrying a commoner in 169. Lucilla, born ~149, was the third child of Marcus Aurelius, who arranged for her marriage to Lucius Verus in 161. In 164, when she was ~15 years old she married Lucius Verus ~34 years old in Ephesus. Lucius Verus died about 5 years later in 169, returning from war in the Danube. After the death of Lucius Verus, Lucilla, against her will, married Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus Quintianus, a general who had distinguished himself against the Parthians, a senator, and old friend of Marcus Aurelius who was more than twice her age (she was ~21 and he more than 50). When her brother Commodus succeeded his father, Lucilla had some difficulty getting along with Crispina. She plotted against her brother ~182. He had her exiled to Capri, and in the same year executed.[/QUOTE]
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