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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: LUCILLA, wife of Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. AE Sestertius (28.8 grams, 33.05/33.00 mm).
Obverse: LVCILLA AVG. ANTONINI AVG. F., Her draped bust right.
Reverse: VESTA S.C, Vesta standing left holding simpulum and palladium, an altar at her feet.
Reference: RIC 1779; Sear 1582 var. Grade: VF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Lucius Verus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Lucilla see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.