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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.
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