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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Kingdom of Edessa| > SH15727
Kingdom of Osrhoene, King King Ma'nu VIII, c. 139 - 163 and 165 - 177 A.D., In the Name of Lucilla
|Kingdom| |of| |Edessa|, |Kingdom| |of| |Osrhoene,| |King| |King| |Ma'nu| |VIII,| |c.| |139| |-| |163| |and| |165| |-| |177| |A.D.,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |Lucilla|, The Kingdom of Osrhoene was an independent kingdom, alternately under Parthian and Roman domination, from the end of the Seleucid period until it became a Roman province in 244 A.D. This coin was minted in the name of Lucilla, Augusta and wife of the emperor Lucius Verus.
SH15727. Silver denarius, possibly unpublished, SRCV II -, SNG Cop -, cf. BMC Arabia p. 93, 7 ff. (Juno reverse), F, uneven toning, flat reverse strike, Mesopotamia, Edessa (Urfa, Sanliurfa, Turkey) mint, weight 2.334g, maximum diameter 17.0mm, die axis 180o, c. 167 - 177 A.D.; obverse ΛOVKIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust of Lucilla right, hair plaited, bound with fillet, and tied with chignon in back; reverse BACIΛEV MANNOC ΦIΛOPWMA, Victory walking left, wreath in right hand, palm over shoulder in left; extremely rare; SOLD










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