RPC IV.3, 6489 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Λουκίλλα Σεβαστή
Translation Lucilla Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Lucilla, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑΙ(Ϲ) (sic)
Edition Βασιλεὺς Μάννος Φιλορώμαι<ο>ς
Translation King Ma'nu Philoromaios
Reverse design veiled Demeter/Ceres seated, left, holding poppy, two ears of corn and long torch
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.77 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 9, Cop 190
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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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
7 7     B: 18312246, 1685 Pfälzer Sammlung
8 8     M. Stolt coll.