RPC IV.3, 6488 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6488 (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 ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Reverse design veiled Ceres/Demeter(?) standing, left, holding patera and long torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 8
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 8, pl. XIII.12 Walker 3404: AR: 78.50
2 2     P: 1924 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 235, no. 8, pl. III.8 (drawing)
3 3     B: 18312249, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     O