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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
LUCILLA
, wife of Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. AE Sestertius (28.8 grams, 33.05/33.00 mm).
Obverse:
LVCILLA AVG. ANTONINI AVG. F., Her draped bust right.
Reverse:
VESTA S.C, Vesta standing left holding simpulum and palladium, an altar at her feet.
Reference:
RIC 1779; Sear 1582 var. Grade: VF.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Lucius Verus
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Lucilla see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.