Augusta, A.D. 164-182/3
Silver Denarius
Rome mint, A.D. 164-169
Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA
Rev: VENVS VICTRIX - Venus, standing, facing left, holding Victory in right hand and resting left hand on shield.
RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 786
18mm, 2.8g.
Lucilla was the wife of co-emperor Lucius Verus, daughter of Marcus Aurelius, and sister of Commodus. In A.D 182 she was exiled and eventually executed for plotting against Commodus. Evidently she knew something that Marcus Aurelius didn’t. Would that she had succeeded. Then again, if she had, the movie Gladiator would never have been made.
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