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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2976950, member: 57495&quot;]According to my notes for the coin below, the poet Terence records in one of his Comedies a common prayer made by women to Juno Lucina when they&#039;re in labour: &quot;<i>Iuno Lucina, fer opem, serva me, obsecro</i>&quot;.&nbsp; I believe this roughly translates to &quot;Juno Lucina, help me, save me, I beg of you!&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731683[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>LUCILLA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.42g, 18mm. Rome mint, AD 164-167. RIC 771. O: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right, head bare; hair waved and knotted low at back in chignon. R: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, extending right hand and holding child in swaddling clothes on left arm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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