2 White Whales Now!

Last year I had acquired my first white whale, a issue of Severus Alexander minted a few months before his death & this year I have finally acquired another.

Majority here know I had built a small sub-set of Lucilla denarii & over time there was 2 I needed, "Laetitia" and "Concordia Standing". Laetitia I acquired on ebay but the "Concordia Standing" was the type I needed last and looked literally every day at my usual haunts to find one in my price range.

A few weeks ago one surfaced on Vcoins & my price range and now it's in my collection.

Thanks to a fellow CT collector for acquiring it for me till some health issues settled in the family.

So my second white whale is captured!


Lucilla (162 - 182 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, Draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.
Rome Mint
19mm
3.27g
RIC III 760.

Ex. Cabinet Numismatique, Genève.

New Virtual Tray with 2 new additions:

 

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Mat, it's beautiful! Congratulations

 

It's a lovely thing to acquire a 'white whale'. Congrats Mat!

 

Non solum sed etiam !

Not only is it a white whale (for your collection), but also a very nice example of the better style, unusually nicely engraved for Lucilla. A coin I wouldn't mind having in my own collection !!!

Congrats Mat mate !
Q

 

That's a great collection! I like your display showing Lucilla's bust with her coins; nicely done.

 

thar she blows matie!

 

Wow! Outstanding coin, Mat, congrats!

 

A stunning example MAT---Lovely in every way!!

 

She has a mouth full of chewing tobacco. Very nice Mat.

 

Lol. Captain Ahab would be proud, Mat. Coin collecting. Sometimes it's like this...

 

Love the virtual tray presentation! Are you collecting other emporers or emporesses in a similar fashion?

John

 

Very nice Mat, congrats.

 

I have a finished Crispina set, was doing Julia Soaemias since she just has 3 reverses, I just need Juno, which is tough to get.

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

 

The photo makes this appear to be a much higher relief portrait than most.

 

That's just great you got two of your whales! Great scores and wonderful tray.

 

I had always thought it was weird that Lucilla portraits came in completely different styles, and this wasn't a difference between Rome and provinces, like Nero or Claudius, rather different standards existed simultaneously within the contemporary imperial art system.

We know that roman sculptures had reached such height by her time that not only likeliness, even subtle expressions were captured extremely accurately.

I understand the roman sometimes omitted wrinkles and other features that looked less divine, but for a person only lived till her 30s, that's not the issue here.

 

hello Mat,

what an excellent Obverse i love it .
very strong portrait.

 

LUCILLA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
REVERSE: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled & holding hand on breast
Struck at Rome, 165-169 AD
2.5g, 18.5mm
RIC 781

LUCILLA
Æ Sestertius
OBVERSE: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right
REVERSE: VESTA, S-C, Vesta standing left, holding palladium and sacrificing with simpulum over lighted altar to left
Struck at Rome, 161-161 AD
30.4 mm, 21.89g
RIC 1779; BMCRE 1178

 

Wow => that's a fantastic OP-addition (it's well centered, toned, and it's made of silver and everything, eh?) .... golly Mat, that's a total winner!!

100% winna-winna (congrats on a very sweet coin)



... sadly, all I have is a nasty ol' AE dawg (good girl ... you go give it your best, Champ!!)



=> run Lucilla, run!!