Bronze coin of Lucilla from Hippos (HIP0103)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Lucilla from Hippos (HIP0103)
Description
Local bronze coin of Lucilla, wife of the emperor Lucius Verus, from Hippos
Source
Publisher
Meshorer et al. 2013:176, no.23
Date
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
HIP0103
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
2.76g
Province
Palaestina
Region
Decapolis
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Lucilla, facing right
Reverse Type
Neck of a horse, facing right
Obverse Legends
ΛΟYKIΛΛΑ CEBACTH (Lucilla Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
ANT ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑCYΛOY (of the Antiochenes by Hippos, sacred and inviolable)
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
The last two titles on the reverse legend (IEP and ACYΛ ) were commonly found on coins in Asia Minor and the Near East beginning the Hellenistic period, and appear to be honorific titles rather than an expression of an enforceable inviolable status (see Rigsby 1997).
Selected Bibliography
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (p.176, no.23)
Rigsby, K.J. 1997. Asylia: territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Rigsby, K.J. 1997. Asylia: territorial inviolability in the Hellenistic world. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Citation
“Bronze coin of Lucilla from Hippos (HIP0103),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/63.