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
Edition Λουκίλλα Σεβαστή
Translation Lucilla Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Βασιλεὺς Μάννος Φιλορώμα(ιος)
Translation King Ma'nu Philoromaios
Reverse design Hestia (?)/Vesta veiled standing facing, head left, holding patera and long torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.97 g
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) = Florange & Ciani, 17 Feb. 1925 (de la Fuÿe coll.)
3 3     B: 18312249, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     O