Roman coin.Lucilla.Lot 311

Description: Roman coin.Lucilla.Lot 311. Shipped with USPS First Class. Annia Aurelia Galeria LucillaorLucilla(7 March 148 or 150 182) was the second daughter and third child ofRoman EmperorMarcus Aureliusand Roman EmpressFaustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-rulerLucius Verusand an elder sister to later EmperorCommodus. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination andcoupattempt when she was about 33 years old. Early life Born and raised inRomeinto aninfluential political family, Lucilla was a younger twin with her elder brother Gemellus Lucillae, who died around 150. Lucillas maternal grandparents were Roman EmperorAntoninus Piusand Roman EmpressFaustina the Elderand her paternal grandparents wereDomitia Lucillaand praetorMarcus Annius Verus. Marriages and ascension to Empress Lucilla depicted as Venus, 166-169 AD In 161, when she was between 11 and 13 years old, Lucilla's father arranged a marriage for her with his co-rulerLucius Verus.Verus, 18 years her senior, became her husband three years later inEphesusin 164. At this marriage, she received her title ofAugustaand became a Roman Empress.At the same time, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus were fighting aParthian warinSyria. Lucilla and Lucius Verus had three children: *Aurelia Lucilla was born in 165 inAntioch. *Lucilla Plautia *Lucius Verus Aurelia and the boy died young. Lucilla was an influential and respectable woman and she enjoyed her status. She spent much time in Rome, while Verus was away from Rome much of the time, fulfilling his duties as a co-ruler. 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 As an unattached link to Emperor Aurelius and to the late co-Emperor Verus and because of her royal-born offspring, Lucilla was not destined for a long widowhood, and thus, a short time later, in 169AD, her father arranged a second marriage for her withTiberius Claudius Pompeianus Quintianusfrom Antioch. He was a Syrian Roman who was twice consul and a political ally to her father, but Lucilla and her mother were against the marriage as a less than ideal match, partly because Quintianus was at least twice Lucilla's age, but also because he was not of her own Romannobilissocial rank though he was descended from rulers in the East.They married nonetheless and, about a year later, in 170, Lucilla bore him a son namedPompeianus. Size:19 mm Weight:3.02 gm Ceritificate of Authenticity included.

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