Reece Period attributed: Period 8
Member of the The Antonines dynasty.
Coins for this issuer were issued from 161 until 169.
Lucius Ceionius Commodus was the adoptive second son of Antoninus Pius. He was born in AD 130, and Antoninus Pius favoured Marcus Aurelius to Lucius.
Marcus Aurelius elevated his adoptive brother to co-ruler upon the death of Antoninus Pius. Verus headed the Syrian campaign in the Parthian War; he spent much time with a courtesan and left the fighting to his generals.
Verus suffered a stroke in 168, while returning from an expedition to the Danube frontier with his brother. Marcus Aurelius buried his brother alongside their adoptive father in the Mausoleum of Hadrian.
We have recorded 160 examples.
Record: SUR-036E86
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: A sestertius of Lucius Verus dating to AD …
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Record: GLO-A30B58
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: Silver Denarius of Lucius Verus&…
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Record: LVPL-23707A
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Divus L…
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Record: YORYM-FCB7C7
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Description: A copper-alloy Roman sestretius of Lucius …
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