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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7644380, member: 56859"]I don't have a large number if Imperial coins but this denarius of Lucilla really spoke to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The portrait is charming and reminds me of an old china-head doll in my grandmother's collection. The reverse is an interesting personification and the devices are artistically rendered.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tll-lucilla-jennylind-jpg.726009/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The doll pictured is not my grandmother's but she had a few like it. Never really cared for dolls myself but I can relate to having a collecting hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7644380, member: 56859"]I don't have a large number if Imperial coins but this denarius of Lucilla really spoke to me :). The portrait is charming and reminds me of an old china-head doll in my grandmother's collection. The reverse is an interesting personification and the devices are artistically rendered. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/[/IMG] [B]Lucilla[/B] Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side Ref: RIC III 780 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tll-lucilla-jennylind-jpg.726009/[/IMG] The doll pictured is not my grandmother's but she had a few like it. Never really cared for dolls myself but I can relate to having a collecting hobby.[/QUOTE]
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