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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7861158, member: 87809&quot;][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] that&#039;s an awesome restitution denarius much sought by collectors. I think it is very interesting that they don&#039;t have a portrait. </p><p>Usually these denarii are quite worn, your&#039;s is very well preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that Verus lacked military experience and leadership; his main interest were luxury and amenities, so Marcus provided him with the best generals of his time (Statius Priscus and Avidius Cassius). Verus was strategically wise to accept the decisions of those who had the military experience. </p><p>The victory over the Parthians was in 166 AD, and was celebrated with a great triumphal procession in Rome on October 12th, 166. It is quite possible that this restitution denarii were issued to commemorate this celebration instead of the 200th anniversary of the battle of Actium, but who am I to contradict Mattingly... and furthermore, Lucius Verus died in January 169, leaving Marcus Aurelius as the sole ruler making me think that they were issued before Verus&#039; death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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