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Object Type
Museum number: R.12610
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Lucilla, draped, head, bare, right: hair waved and knotted low at back in chignon. (obverse); Pietas, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, raising right hand over lighted altar left, and holding box in left at side. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 164-169 (or later)
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 7.220 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (316, p.428); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (774, p.275) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Lucilla; Named in inscription & portrayed: Piety
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1832
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.12610
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (428) (316)

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