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New Member
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Let us not forget one of the more unusual Roman deities on denarii, Diana Lucifera. A lower-grade example, but it gets the point across. Draped bust, right, LUCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG Diana standing left, holding torch in both hands across her body, DIANA LVCIFERA   |
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Pillar of the Community
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 Thanks for adding to this thread and this forum. Quote:
A lower-grade example, but it gets the point across.
Ah yes, Diana. Perhaps chief of all the ladies of the night. Bringer of light to the nightime sky. But what is the point that this coin brings across? Edited by lrbguy
03/21/2017 11:24 am
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Some lovely coins out there guys  Great write up and some superb photography too. Thanks for sharing.  Saludos Paul |
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But what is the point that this coin brings across? Oh, um, the point of having an example of this reverse in the thread, I guess? I suppose I was just feeling a bit sheepish about sharing such a low-grade example amongst such lovely coins that I felt the need to justify it somehow. Anyway, thanks for the welcome!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I was not familiar with that reverse type yet until you showed it Naughtius, so don't be concerned with any low grade examples you may have to share, they can be just as interesting and educational as the higher grade ones!
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United Kingdom
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Thanks guys for all of your help. I'm loving the history behind it all.
Gomery
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Spain
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Lucilla Denarius...165-169 AD Rome 2.64g...18mm RIC:784 Obverse- LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right Reverse- VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre. Note- On wildwinds the spelling of Lucilla is without the final 'E' this has been cleared up by the experts here on the forum (thanks lrbguy,Spence and echizento) and both forms of the name can be used... In laymans' terms.. LVCILLA (without the 'E') is basically stating just the name of the empress Whereas.. LVCILLAE(with the 'E') is basically stating it's 'TO or FOR ' the named empress. @lrbguy Quote:
However, the only option is that it is an apple (if you can believe that). Also.. Quote:
Venus standing left holding staff/scepter in left hand and extending right holding ? .....I agree with you! And you must have had some doubts? Can you expand? Yours definitely looks as if there's something above the so called apple? Any thoughts? Also Venus looks as if she's looking right?But maybe just the lighting.. Paul   Edited by Palouche
02/01/2018 6:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Diana Lucifera is one of my favorite reverse types.
I believe Lucilla had the misfortune of burying several children.
Diana Lucifera carries a torch to guide the shadows of the dead to the neatherworld. The dead can only be seen in the darkness as they have become but shadows that fade by the light of day.
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..I agree with you! And you must have had some doubts? Can you expand? Yours definitely looks as if there's something above the so called apple? Any thoughts?
Also Venus looks as if she's looking right?But maybe just the lighting..
What is queering it for me is the fact that Faustina II has the Venus type holding an apple/pomegranate, but has a nearly identical Venus type in which the apple is replaced by a bird. I have one of each. The mess on the coin I showed makes me wonder if Lucilla may have had a similar set. |
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Hong Kong
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Here is my example Lucilla (daughter of M. Aurelius) AR Denarius. Rome, AD 164-169. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right / VOTA PVBLICA in three lines within wreath with jewel at apex. RIC 791 (Aurelius); RSC 98. 2.84g, 19mm, 6h.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Very nice coin and history @Finn235 here is my lucilla I got from CNG a month ago  |
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United States
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sorry
Edited by Ruger9a
05/31/2021 08:37 am
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Pillar of the Community
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164-169 Lucilla Sestertius Pietas (Rome) Obv: Bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F. Lucillae Augustae, Antonini Augusti Filia. Lucilla the venerable, daughter of emperor [Marcus Aurelius] Antoninus. Rev: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand. PIETAS S C. Pietas. Senatus Consultum. Piety. Decree of the Senate.
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Portugal
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Showing my Lucilla sestertious. The women of Rome should not be neglected  Venus reverse. This one, like most found here, circulated many years before being lost or hoarded. I could not trace it back to any known hoard. But is is in the condition typical of the ones found in the nineteenth century in the northern regions of Portugal around old city of Aquae Flaviae. The intact Bridge of Trajan (Vedspasian in reality), the ruins of the roman baths and the old roman mineworks not far from the city are worth visiting for anyone interested in roman remains and living not too far. Edited by jecz79
09/17/2026 8:26 pm
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Very nice! |
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