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CNG Feature Auction 121

Lot nuber 867

Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.30 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-162. Near EF.


CNG Feature Auction 121
Lot: 867.
 Estimated: $ 10 000

Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.30 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-162. LVCILLΛE ΛVG ΛNTONINI ΛVG F, draped bust right, hair arranged in parallel plaits drawn into small chignon at nape of neck / PIETΛS, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, holding acerra (incense box) in left hand, extending right hand over lighted altar to left. RIC III 774 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 11-2a; Calicó 2214 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 316 (Aurelius and Verus; same obv. die); Biaggi 976 (same obv. die); Jameson –; Mazzini 49. Lustrous fields. Near EF. Enchanting, youthful portrait in high relief.

Ex Brexit Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111 (29 May 2019), lot 733.

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. This lovely aureus was likely struck shortly after her marriage to Verus in AD 164, with a longer form of obverse legend identifying her as “daughter of Antoninus Augustus” (Marcus Aurelius). Later coins shorten this to simply “Lucilla Augusta.” 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.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 121 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 6-8 October 2022. This lot is in Session Three, which will begin 7 October 2022 at 9 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

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