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Ruler: Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-169 (until the death of Lucius Verus)
Denomination: Sestertius
Obverse: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right, hair waved and coiled on back of head
Reverse: VENVS S C, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple in extended right hand, scepter in left.
Mint: Rome, 161-162 AD.
Weight: 23,09 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Reference: RIC III 1763 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 16-6a; Banti 38.
Provenance: Lipsia Numismatics auction 1 lot 252 = Ex CNG, Electronic Auction 556, 21st February 2024, lot 554 = Ex Wayne Scheible Collection.
Note: Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182 AD) was the second daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later emperor Commodus.
In 161, when she was between 11 and 13 years old, Lucilla's father arranged a marriage for her with his co-ruler Lucius Verus. Verus, 18 years her senior, became her husband three years later in Ephesus in 164. At this marriage, she received her title of Augusta and became a Roman empress. At the same time, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus were fighting a Parthian war in Syria.
Lucius Verus died around 168/169 while returning from the war theater in the Danube region, and as a result, Lucilla lost her status as empress.[
Lucilla was not happy living the quiet life of a private citizen in Rome, and hated her sister-in-law Bruttia Crispina. Over time, Lucilla became very concerned with her brother Commodus' erratic behaviour and its resulting effect on the stability of the empire
Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.
Collection : 30 Roman Sestertii, asses and dupondii