Anyone have any coins of Lucilla? (Daughter of M. Aurelius)

Does anyone happen to own any coins featuring Lucilla, the daughter of Marcus Aurelius & Faustina, and sister of Commodus?

I’d really like to get a coin with her on it someday. She was a remarkable woman who knew her brother Commodus was not fit to be Emperor and actually did something about it.

Thanks!

 

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I have lots. Here's one. She was 12-14 years old when this was issued. Commodus was a baby.


Lucilla, AD 161-182.
Roman Æ as or dupondius, 11.24 g, 25.2 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 161-163.
Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: VESTA S C, Vesta standing left, holding simpulum and Palladium; altar at feet, left.
Refs: RIC 1780; BMCRE 1192; Cohen 95; RCV 5528; MIR 21-[7/10a].

 

Amazing! Great coin!

Just curious what does 25.2mm 6h mean?

I know 25.2mm is the diameter but what is the 6h?

Ive seen that #h thing on so many coin descriptions and could never figure it out.

At first I thought maybe it was portrait orientation or how the portrait was tilted. But nope that wasn’t it.

Now I give up on guessing and want to know xD

 

Die axis. The reverse is oriented at 6:00 relative to the obverse.

 

Lucilla (wife of Lucius Verus & daughter of Marcus Aurelius) AR Denarius 164-66 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, draped, LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F/ Rev. Concordia seated left, holding patera & leaning left forearm against statuette of Spes, CONCORDIA. RIC III 758, RSC II 6a, Sear RCV II 5479. 17.1 mm., 3.4 g.




Plus I have several coins with "group shots" of children of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II, including Lucilla.

 

In other words, @Gam3rBlake, if a coin's obverse is right side up, and then you flip the coin over and the top of the reverse is at the bottom, then the reverse is considered as having a die alignment of 6:00 hours relative to the obverse, with the obverse at 12:00. If the alignment is exactly the same when you flip the coin over, so that the reverse and obverse are both right side up, then the alignment is 12 hours. And so on.

 

Ahh ok thanks!

Darn I was close. I wanted to see if I could figure it out without looking lol.

Why does that information matter though?

 

I only have one coin on Lucilla, and it is a pretty large size sestertius.

Lucilla Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 164-182.
31.63g, 34mm, 12h
Obv: LVCILLA AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right
Rev: VENVS, Venus standing facing, holding apple and sceptre; S-C across fields.
RIC III 1763(Aurelius); C. 72; BMCRE 1167 (Aurelius and Verus).

 

These aren't super expensive so you should be able to get one for a decent price. I paid less than $40 for this attractive sestertius.

 

Great stuff! Is she on any denarii by any chance?

The tough part is finding a seller at that price xD.

 

Oh yea definitely denarii, but be prepared to pay quite a bit more than $40 for one of those

 

I have a sestertius, worn yet attractive, that was given to me by my wife's grandmother in the 80'



Q

 

The coin I posted is a denarius. See the description.

 

Oops sorry my mistake I didn’t see that.

I hope to find one for myself one day

 

Yeah I know what you mean. Denarii are expensive but at least they’re cheaper than collecting gold aureii!

 

I have just one, which was very generously offered by @Ryro at this year's Guess the CTer contest. Have to add that I did not guess a single answer right. I was overwhelmed by his very kind offer, which included a Senones (Celtic) Drachm, a Celtic ring, a contemporary imitation of Tetricus II, and a wonderful edition of Homer's Iliad.

This is Lucilla:
Æ As, Rome, 164 AD
21 x 22 mm, 7.684 g
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1757; Sear 5518; Cohen 55;

Ob.: LVCILLAE AVG(ustae) ANTONINI AVG(usti) F(ilia), Bust of Lucilla to r., hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped
Rev.: PIETAS, Pietas standing left, dropping incense from r. hand on lighted altar at left and holding box in l. hand. S-C across flan

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Pretty much anything is cheaper than that. Better be Bezos before trying to make a reasonable dent into imperial aureii

 

Lucilla Denarius...165-169 AD Rome 2.64g...18mm
Obverse- LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right
Reverse- VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre.
RIC:784

 

One Lucilla nice denarius here. I am trying to get as many Rome ladies as possible.


Lucilla AD 164-182. Rome Denarius AR 18 mm., 2,89 g.
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 786
Date Range: AD 164 - AD 180
Obverse Legend: LVCILLA AVGVSTA
Type: Bust of Lucilla, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right
Reverse Legend: VENVS VICTRIX
Type: Venus, draped with right breast bare, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground

 

Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. AR Denarius. Rome mint.
Struck under Marcus Aurelius(daughter) and Lucius Verus(wife), AD 161-162.
O: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F; Draped bust of Lucilla right, hair weaved and coiled at lower back of head in small chignon.
R: VESTA; Vesta standing left, holding simpulum over lighted altar in right arm and palladium in left arm.
RIC III 788 (Marcus Aurelius)