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Silver Denarius of Empress Lucilla - C.0305
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 161
AD
to 169
AD
Collection: Numismatics
Medium: Silver
Additional Information: Found in Sidon, Lebanon (HERT) SOLD
Location: United States
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Obverse: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; Draped Bust of the
Empress Facing Right
Reverse: CONCORDIA; Concordia, Seated to the
Left, Holding a Patera and a Cornucopiae
Lucilla was married to Emperor Lucius Verus in
164 A.D. She was the daughter of Marcus
Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, sister to
Commodus, the future emperor. After the death
of Verus, she married an elderly man by the
name of Pompeianus. However, having once
been Augusta, wife of an emperor, Lucilla was
not satisfied leading a quiet, private life with a
man of much lower station. Later on, Lucilla was
implicated in one of the numerous plots to
overthrow her brother Commodus and was
banished to the island of Capri in 182 A.D. Soon
afterward, she was put to death.
How many hands have touched a coin in your
pocket or purse? What eras and lands have the
coin traversed on its journey into our
possession? As we reach into our pockets to pull
out some change, we rarely hesitate to think of
who might have touched the coin before us, or
where the coin will venture to after it leaves our
hands. More than money, coins are a symbol of
the state that struck them, of a specific time and
location, whether contemporary currencies or
artifacts of a long forgotten empire. This
stunning hand-struck coin reveals an expertise
of craftsmanship and intricate sculptural detail
that is often lacking in contemporary machine-
made currencies. This ancient coin is a memorial
an emperor’s wife passed from the hands of
civilization to civilization, from generation to
generation that still appears as vibrant today as
the day it was struck.
- (C.0305)
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