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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1272
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Lucilla; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  164-169
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.20
Weight (g):  26.64
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 64. L. G. P. Messenger, 1916.
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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: Hilaritas, draped and standing facing l., holding long palm, nearly vertical, in r. and cornucopiae in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: LVCILLΛE AVC ΛNTDNINI ΛVC ... (Lucilla Augusta, Daughter of Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: HIL-Λ-R-...ΛS S C (Hilaritas, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 1742.

4 Related People

Marcus Aurelius
Roman
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Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Lucilla
Roman
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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