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ID number: BIRBI-R1273 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): 26.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3139. A. H. Baldwin, 1957. |

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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: Juno Lucina, draped and seated facing l. on throne, raising up a flower in r. and holding child in lap.
Inscriptions: Obverse: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI ΛVC F (Lucilla Augusta, Daughter of Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: IVNONɪ LVCINAE (The Goddess of Childbirth). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 1747.
Notes: The reverse legend refers to Juno in her role as the goddess of childbirth, Juno Lucina.
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