Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 5499; Mattingly, H.,Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 vols (London, 1965) 1197 pl. 77.10; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) III, 1736.

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Sestertius of Lucilla under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

22.06 g. AD 164-169

Obv.: Draped bust of Lucilla, r., hair waved and drawn back into chignon. LVCILLA AVGVSTA.

Rev.: Fecunditas/Lucilla seated r., nursing a child. Another child stands before her, and another behind, each with arms outstretched to Lucilla. FECVNDITAS S(enatus) C(onsulto).

Lucilla was a daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger. She received the title Augusta in AD 164, on her marriage to Lucius Verus, co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius. They were married in Syria, where Rome was waging war against the Parthians. Dynastic marriage and procreation of the line were especially important at such a time of crisis for Rome. There were several children from the marriage, justifying the association with Fecunditas. Lucius Verus died in AD 169 and Lucilla remarried. Her relations with her brother Commodus, who succeeded Marcus Aurelius in AD 180, were strained and she was involved in a plot against him in AD 182, as a result of which she was exiled and executed.

Sear, D.R., Roman Coins and their Values 5 vols (London, Spink, 2000-2014) 5499; Mattingly, H.,Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, 6 vols (London, 1965) 1197 pl. 77.10; Mattingly, H., E.A. Sydenham, C.H. Sutherland, R.A. Carson, The Roman Imperial Coinage 13 vols (London,  Spink, 1923-1994) III, 1736.