Relief of Victoria and Lucius Verus (127)

From the tenuta Aldobrandini.
Date: the inscription dates the relief to 160 AD. W. 0.60, h. 0.64.
Probably a bust of Antoninus Pius was flanked by busts of his two adoptive sons, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius. Only the bust of Lucius Verus has been preserved, next to a winged Victoria. She holds a palm branch, symbol of victory, in her right hand.

NVMINI D[omus Augustorum] IMP(eratori) CAES(ari) T(ito) AE[lio Hadriano] ANTONINO AV[g(usto) pio p(atri) p(atriae) pont(ifici) max(imo)] TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) XXIII [---] M(arco) AVREL[i]O [Caesari ---]

Arachne 1074106. Helbig nr. 3087. Guida p. 58 nr. 19. SO IX, nr. 8. EDR073439. Photo: ICCD F005722.