Bronze coin of Lucilla from Gerasa (GER0117)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Lucilla from Gerasa (GER0117)
Description
Civic bronze coin from Gerasa, depicting Lucilla (164-169 CE), wife of the emperor Lucius Verus on the obverse
Source
Publisher
Roman Provincial Coinage Online (RPC IV, temp #6601)
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
GER0117
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
10.37-11.02g
Diameter (mm)
22-24mm
Province
Arabia
Region
Decapolis
Era Used
Local era (63 BCE)
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Lucilla, facing right
Reverse Type
Draped bust of Artemis-Tyche, with quiver over shoulder at right
Obverse Legends
ΛΟVΚΙΛΛΑСƐΒΑСΤΗ (Lucilla Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
ΑΡΤƐΜΙСΤVΧΗΓƐΡΑСωΝ (Artemis-Tyche of Gerasenes)
Type Notes
Spijkerman (1978, 162-163, no.19) publishes a better preserved example than pictured.
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
The design of the Lucilla type is very similar to depictions of the later empress Crispina (see GER0101) .
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/); temp #6601 [ http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6601/]
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.
Citation
“Bronze coin of Lucilla from Gerasa (GER0117),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/33.