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Lot # 226
MESOPOTAMIA. Edessa. Lucilla (Augusta, 164-182). Drachm. Under Ma'nu VIII Philoromaios (King of Osrhoene, 167-179).

Obv: ΛOΥΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ.
Draped bust right.
Rev: ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑ.
Veiled Ceres/Demeter(?) standing left, holding patera and long torch.

RPC IV.3 online 6488 (4 specimens); BMC 8.

Very rare

Ma'nu VIII, son of Ma'nu VII, took the throne of Osrhoene after Lucius Vero's army, led by Avidius Cassius, succeeded in defeating Vologases IV, king of the Parthians. His name appears on a very rare series of silver coins bearing the effigy of Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, Faustina II or Lucilla on the obverse.

Condition: Good fine.

Weight: 2.78 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.

Estimate: € 100
Watch:
Starting price: € 80
B.P.: 18.90%
Closing on: 2026-06-07 16:00:00 Roma time