Coin of Lucilla from Pella (PEL0101)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Lucilla from Pella (PEL0101)
Description
Local bronze coin of Lucilla, wife of the emperor Lucius Verus, from Pella, c. 177/178 CE
Source
Publisher
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6584 (temporary #)
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Language
Identifier
PEL0101
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
8.73-12.13g (pictured=10.20g)
Diameter (mm)
23-25mm (pictured=24mm)
Province
Arabia
Region
Decapolis
Era Used
Local era (64/63 BCE)
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Lucilla, facing right
Reverse Type
Tyche, draped and wearing a turreted crown, sitting on a rock facing right, holding one hand out, with a river god swimming at her feet
Obverse Legends
ΛΟVKIΛΛA AVΓOVCTA (Lucilla Augusta)
Reverse Legends
ΠΕΛΛΑΙWN MC (of [the people of] Pella; date=240)
Name 1
Role 1
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6584 (temporary #) [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6584/]
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. (pp.189, nos.4-5)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.212-213, no.5)
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. (pp.189, nos.4-5)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.212-213, no.5)
Citation
“Coin of Lucilla from Pella (PEL0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/72.