Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 29.23 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-162. Superb EF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
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Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 29.23 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-162. Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled at back of head, chignon adorned with pearls / Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter. RIC III 1763 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 16-6a; Banti 39. Red-brown and green patina. Superb EF. Excellent portrait.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Triton XXVII (9 January 2024), lot 788; Gemini IX (8 January 2012), lot 498; Astarte XXII (12 June 2010), lot 183.

The second of six daughters born to Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior, Lucilla grew up as an imperial princess, with the strange mix of power and helplessness such a position entailed in ancient Rome. In AD 161, at the age of 12, she was betrothed to Lucius Verus, her father’s co-emperor, who was 18 years her senior and had many years earlier actually been betrothed to her mother. Lucilla lost the title of Augusta after the sudden death of Verus in AD 169 and her subsequent forced marriage to the elderly senator Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus. This loss of status led her into an unsuccessful plot against Commodus in AD 182, with fatal results.

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CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Three – Lot 588-888 will be held Tuesday morning, 19 May 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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