RPC IV, 6488


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6488 json ttl rdf xml
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	17 mm
Axis	6, 7
Reference	BMC 8
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC 8, pl. XIII.12	Walker 3404: AR: 78.50	18	2.89	7	Show
2	2	P: 1924	E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 235, no. 8, pl. III.8 (drawing)	18	2.94	7	Show
3	3	B: I-B		17	2.94	6	Show
4	4	O		16	3.12	6	Show