Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded to power together in 161 CE, as the adopted heirs of Antonius Pius. At the start of their reign, Verus conducted a successful war against the Parthians.

painted terracotta with integrally cast plaster socles, three (Emperors Antoninus Pius, Trebonianus Gallus and Otho) with original terracotta-tinted plaster socles ...