Lucilla, Roman Silver Denarius (NGC Slabbed)

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The second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. Lucilla was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later Emperor Commodus. Commodus ordered her execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.

Lucilla is played by Connie Nielsen in Gladiator and Gladiator II.

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Lucilla is played by Connie Nielsen in Gladiator and Gladiator II.

Coins in images are examples only.

Lucilla is played by Connie Nielsen in Gladiator and Gladiator II.

Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later emperor Commodus. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.

Born and raised in Rome into the empire's ruling family, Lucilla was a younger twin with her elder brother Gemellus Lucillae, who died around 150. Lucilla's maternal grandparents were Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman empress Faustina the Elder and her paternal grandparents were Domitia Lucilla and praetor Marcus Annius Verus.