Coin of Lucilla from Caesarea Maritima

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Title

Coin of Lucilla from Caesarea Maritima

Description

A bronze coin (163–169 CE) depicting a draped bust of Lucilla on the obverse and a male figure standing on the reverse.

Publisher

Image author: Trustees of the British Museum, museum no. G.4373

Format

Bronze

Language

Numismatics Item Type Metadata

Metal

Bronze

Weight (g)

8.63g

Diameter (mm)

22mm

Province

Syria Palaestina

Obverse Type

A draped bust of the empress Lucilla

Reverse Type

A male figure (emperor?) standing, he is wearing a toga and holding a patera over a thymiaterium and cornucopia

Obverse Legends

LVCILLIA AVGVST[A?]

Reverse Legends

COL PRIM FL AVG CAESAREA

Name 1

Role 1

Selected Bibliography

Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV. 3, no. 6323

Citation

“Coin of Lucilla from Caesarea Maritima,” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 6, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/727.

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