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ID number:  BIRBI-R1274
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Lucilla; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  As
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  164-169
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  12.33
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 719. W. S. Lincoln, 1924.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Lucilla, bare, with hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, facing r. Reverse: Venus, draped and standing facing r., drawing robe over her r. shoulder and holding apple in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: LVCILLΛF ΛVG ΛNTONINI ΛVC [ (Lucilla Augusta, Daughter of Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: VbNVS S C (Venus, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 1770.

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