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Auction 98  12 December 2016
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Lot 1221

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The Roman Empire
Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus

Lucilla, daughter of Faustina junior and Marcus Aurelius, has three different types of hairstyle; two of which are shown in this catalogue (see also K. Fittschen 1982). Her first issues show her as a very young girl with a round head, the later ones a teenage girl of considerable beauty. Both Lucilla and her mother's portraits are amongst the most delicate young female portraits in Roman coinage. AMP

Denarius 164-169 (or later, 183?), AR 3.69 g. LVCILLA – AVGVSTA Draped bust r. Rev. CONCO R – DIA Concordia seated l., holding patera and cornucopiae. C 7. M. Aurelius 333. RIC M. Aurelius 759.
Light iridescent tone and good extremely fine
Lucilla is depicted as a teenage girl on this denarius and the following sestertius. AMP

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