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FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 12:23 am Lucius Verus AE As Obv. Verus barehead and draped bust right IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG Rv. Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopia FORT RED TR POT COS II S C Sear 5410 11.27 grams 23-5mm Report this Post to the Staff

Whizb4ng Pillar of the Community Canada 579 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 09:41 am Dang, you have been getting a lot of new coins lately! Couple good weeks of selling? I really enjoy this but must say I do not know a lot about Lucius Verus. He wasn't covered very heavily during my undergrad. I also always enjoy the portrayal of the Romans in movies. Mainly because I wouldn't think that hairstyle to be popular at that time period. But the actor's hair does have a decent resemblance of the man on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 09:59 am that's a great lookin' coin FR. he certainly does look like mr....ummmmmmmmmmm.....you know his name .............doesn't he? Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 10:06 am Welease Wodewick Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 10:11 am Verus was the son of Aelius Verus (born Lucius Ceionius Commodus), A 'favorite' of the Emperor Hadrian and his adopted son and designated successor who was given the rank of Caesar. Aelius predeceased Hadrian and was 'replaced' by Antoninus Pius. This was probably for the best as Hadrian in his last years became a bit unbalanced and paranoid. The last years of Hadrian saw the re-introduction of treason trials and a brief 'reign of terror'. Antoninus adopted both the young son of Aelius and his destined successor Marcus Aurelius, though only Marcus was given the rank of Caesar. Upon the death of Antoninus, Marcus while he might have appointed his 'brother' Lucius Verus as Caesar instead gave him full powers as Augustus and co-emperor. It was a mistake. Lucius Verus was a 'boob' of the first order and eventually 'partied' himself to death while out campaigning in the East. Probably trying to drink an amphora of wine in every village between Antioch and the Euphrates ! The photo is from that greatest of all 'Roman' period flicks ....... The Life of Brian The 'true' embodiment of Verus ....... aka "Biggus" (Verily) Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS 10/11/2013 10:16 am Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 10:26 am Yes 'Whiz' the rubbish disposal business has been brisk of late ! But actually in this case I had the old ' ebay' bucks in hand and went looking for something modest on which to spend the lucre. The ebay Mastercard chipped in by offering to give me 10 clams to put a 'photo' on my card (why ask why ?). The net result was that this token set me back 2 clams. Hard to resist such temptation ! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 10:46 am Very nice looking coin, beautiful patina. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/11/2013 1:12 pm Very, very nice. Report this Post to the Staff
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 10/12/2013 03:06 am Nice one, I dont have any lucius yet Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 10/12/2013 04:56 am Another nice one. Pics are great too, as usual :) Report this Post to the Staff
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