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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4123076, member: 85693&quot;]A couple months ago, I got two sestertii of Lucius Verus - I really like his coins, but find them difficult to find on the low-end cheap side of things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Verus did indeed inflict a crushing defeat on the Parthians.&nbsp; At least that&#039;s what this coin claims - and Roman coin propaganda never lies or exaggerates <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068517[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lucius Verus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>(166 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[L VERVS AV]G ARM [PARTH MAX], laureate head right / [TR POT VI IMP IIII]</p><p>COS II S C: Victory half-draped standing right [holding palm?] attaching shield inscribed VIC PAR to palm tree.</p><p>(20.48 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Verus was so awesome, they made him into a god - sometimes I wonder, just when was the last time somebody bothered to worship Lucius Verus?&nbsp;&nbsp; Were they still worshipping him by the time Theodosius closed down the temples?&nbsp; Did he have a temple dedicated to him?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068516[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lucius Verus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>Posthumous Issue</b></p><p><b>(169-170 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVVS [VERVS], bare head right / [CONSECRATIO S]-C, eagle standing right on globe, head turned left.</p><p>RIC 1509 [Aurelius]; Cohen 56;</p><p>BMC 1359</p><p>(19.58 grams / 28 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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