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Lucius Verus

My newest ancient.

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Lucius Verus (161 - 169)
AR Denarius
O: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX Laureate head right.
R:TR P VII IMP IIII COS III Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia.
Rome
RIC 576 (Aurelius), RSC 297
18.5mm
3.3g

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Nice!!image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They sure got some use out of those particular dies, didn't they! image

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was looking for my old thread* about my Lucius Verus sestertius, and came upon this.

    You and I presently have the only Lucius Verus threads on the Darkside, it would seem.

    If he was indeed one of the "Five Good Emperors", he deserves better.

    That's a pretty nice denarius, Mat. I like it better than my sestertius. You still have it?

    (Yes, this is another thread resurrection.)

    Watch, SmallEagle1795 will post a Lucius Verus aureus, now. Haha.

    That would be pretty cool, actually. Your silver, my bronze, his gold.

    If in fact he has a Lucius Verus. Wouldn't surprise me.

    Here is mine. Low grade, but kind of neat. It is a holdover from my original 2007-2008 collection, when I was a novice.

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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yup still have it and it isnt for sale or trade, lol.
  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,135 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Watch, SmallEagle1795 will post a Lucius Verus aureus, now. Haha.

    That would be pretty cool, actually. Your silver, my bronze, his gold.

    If in fact he has a Lucius Verus. Wouldn't surprise me. >>



    He's still on my list. There are a few varieties of his aurei which are extremely common which I don't like and none of the tougher varieties have come up for sale in a while, so I've been waiting. I'm still only at Antoninus and Hadrian in my Five Good Emperors - I nearly had a Trajan but was overbid from my already excessive price. Marcus Aurelius has evaded me as well as I'm looking for a younger, more attractive portrait than some of his later aurei.
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    So, whats the deal with these second century Romans and their hair? Reminds me of an REO Speedwagon video!
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kevin Cronin!

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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    Cool coin!

    Looks like Lucius Verus suffered a broken nose at some point. Does anyone else notice that in his portraits?
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Cool coin!

    Looks like Lucius Verus suffered a broken nose at some point. Does anyone else notice that in his portraits? >>

    Looks like the stereotypical "Roman nose" on Mat's coin. On mine, the bridge of his nose appears to have a slightly more inward curve to it. By this period in the Empire, we still had semi-realistic portraits on the coins, but who knows how accurate they were. They certainly can vary.

    For a real hook nosed sourface, check out Galba on some of his silver. He looks very much the stern old soldier he reportedly was, there.

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This Lucius Verus coin is a movie star:

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    Lucius Verus fake/fantasy coin 38mm

    A bronze version of this coin appears in the 1975 film "The Man Who Would Be King".
    A gold-plated version appears in the 1988 film "The Last Temptation of Christ".

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A bronze version of this coin appears in the 1975 film "The Man Who Would Be King". >>

    Really. I don't remember seeing it. I do remember some "Alexander tetradrachms". That's on my top ten all-time movie list, I think.

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Only part of the reverse of the Lucius coin appears in "The Man Who Would be King".

    I had to do some detective work to find it.

    It's on my website under "Coins in Movies".

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