Watch List notes:

Lucilla, Augusta, 164-182. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.23 g, 1 h), Rome, 161-162. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F Draped bust of Lucilla to right. Rev. VENVS Venus standing front, head to left, holding apple in her right hand and long scepter in her left. Antike Kunst (1967), 500 (this coin). BMC 320. Calicó 2218. Cohen 69. MIR 16-2/2a. RIC 783. A very well struck example with a particularly charming portrait in high relief. Very minor die breaks, otherwise, good extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Hirsch XLVIII, 22-24 June 1966, 39 (with a photocopy of the correspondence between Silvia Hurter and Dr. Hans Krähenbühl regarding the acquisition of this coin enclosed).