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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 3226425, member: 88401&quot;]Well I was just looking for an inexpensive lot of Romans for a new class of students but could not resist a Lucius Verus with a Demeter reverse and a provenance. Could only find one other online like it in the Boston Museum of Fine Art collection. Could not find any like it on, RPC Online,&nbsp; CNG, Acsearch, Wildwinds or Snible.org. Maybe just my poor search skills?, not sure.</p><p>Reverse is poor but the bust and patina on the obverse is sweet. It is in my area of interest- the mystery schools of Eleusis,Delphi and the Mithraic cult. They are all connected and the time period was when they were all interconnecting and Christianity was budding alongside it all.And Demeter, the All Mother of Eleusis has a&nbsp; billowing cape in a crescent shape! [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] - The Mithras origin book is pretty good. Thanks</p><p>[ATTACH=full]841212[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kyzikos (Cyzicus) 34mm Struck Under Lucius Verus &quot;Demeter&quot;Lucius Verus</p><p>Mysia, Kyzikos (Cyzicus) Mint 161-169 AD</p><p>Obverse: AV KAI M AVRHLIOC Bare headed, draped bust right</p><p>Reverse: KYZIKHNWN?.. Demeter (?) with two objects</p><p>BMC: -, Ex. Aukt. Numismatica Wien 17, 274 Very Rare Size: 34mm, 25.36g</p><p>This one from the Boston Museum Fine Art online:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]841213[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]841214[/ATTACH]</p><p>Coin of Cyzicus with bust of Lucius Verus(Museum of Fine Art – Boston) online collection Roman Provincial</p><p>Imperial Period</p><p>A.D. 161–169</p><p>Mint: Asia: Mysia, Cyzicus</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 24.09 gm. Die Axis: 7</p><p>Obverse: Draped, cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus to right, seen from the back. Inscription in Greek.</p><p>Reverse: Demeter, cloak swirling behind her, marches right, holding out two torches.</p><p>Inscription in Greek.</p><p>Provenance</p><p>By 1964: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen auction 28, June 19-20, 1964, lot 377); purchased by MFA at the Münzen und Medaillen auction; accessioned September 23, 1964</p><p>Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour</p><p><br /></p><p>And here was the lot of 20 LRBs which was what I really was looking for which I won($5.50) to surprise my new class of fifth graders with![ATTACH=full]841215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]841216[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Post your Lucius Verus or Demeter beauties:</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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