brooch; coin

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Object Type: brooch; coin
Museum number: 1980,0201.128
Description: Gold brooch made from a gold quinarius in the name of Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus; inscribed; waved openwork round setting. Obverse: bust of Lucilla draped, right, inscribed. Reverse: Piety standing beside an altar, holding a casket.
Authority: Ruler: Marcus Aurelius
Cultures/periods: Roman
Production date: 164-169 (or later (coin))
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Diameter: 2.20 centimetres; Weight: 96 grains
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Jewellery / Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum. (2868); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (776, p.275) (type (coin))
Location: On display (G68/dc6/p1)
Subjects: classical deity; emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Lucilla; Representation of: Piety
Acquisition notes: Found unregistered; acquired before 1911.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1980,0201.128
Conservation: Treatment: 19 Sep 1996

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