RPC IV.3, 6489 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6489 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Lucilla (Augusta)
Issue Ma´nu VIII Philoromaios
Dating 167–179, probably 167–169
Obverse inscription ΛοΥΚΙΛΛΑ cΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑΙ(Ϲ) (sic)
Reverse design veiled Demeter/Ceres seated, left, holding poppy, two ears of corn and long torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 9, Cop 190
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 9, pl. XIII.13 Walker 3406: AR: 90.50
2 2     ✸ P: 1923 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 235, no. 9, pl. III.9 (drawing)
3 3     Cop: 190, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia'
4 4     CNG 55 (13/09/2000), 981
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfälzer
6 6     O CNG 35 (20/09/1995), 430