Bronze coin of Lucilla from Capitolias (CAP0102)
Dublin Core
Title
Bronze coin of Lucilla from Capitolias (CAP0102)
Description
Local bronze coin from Capitolias (166/167 CE) depicting the empress Lucilla, wife of Commodus, on the obverse
Source
Publisher
Spijkerman 1978:100-101, no.10=Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6559 (temporary #)
Date
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
CAP0102
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
4.53-4.89g
Diameter (mm)
19-23mm
Province
Arabia
Region
Decapolis
Era Used
Local era (97/98 CE)
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Lucilla, facing right
Reverse Type
Dionysos, nude, standing facing front and looking left, holding a cantharus and thyrsus, with a panther to the left
Obverse Legends
ΛΟΥΚΙΛΛΑ CEB (Lucilla Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
K[AΠ]ΙΤWΛΙΕWN (of [the people of] Capitolias)
Monograms (Rev)
Spijkerman (1978:100-101, no.10) supplies a year monogram [O] =166/167 CE
Name 1
Role 1
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6559 [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6559/]
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.100-101, no.10)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.100-101, no.10)
Citation
“Bronze coin of Lucilla from Capitolias (CAP0102),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed October 21, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/55.