My new Severan dynasty purchase. A denarius of Plautilla.

Swampboy

Plautilla, wife of Caracalla 202-205 A.D. Denarius
AR Denarius 19mm. 3.05g. Rome Mint
obv. Draped bust, right
PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA
rev. Venus, naked to waist, standing half left, holding apple and palm; shield at side, Cupid before holding helmet.
VENVS VICTRIX
RIC IV 369; RSC III 25


The daughter of the Praetorian prefect (who was the first cousin of her father-in-law Septimius Severus), Plautilla ascended to the purple in 202 A.D. after her arranged marriage to Caracalla and was co-Augusta with Julia Domna until 205 A.D.
Reviled by her husband (Cassius Dio reports Plautilla to have been a profligate) she was banished with her daughter to Sicily once her father was executed for treason.
Once father-in-law Septimius died Caracalla ordered her death and she was strangled in 212 A.D. on the island of Lipari.


Here's an image of a marble portrait of Plautilla that resides in The Archaeology Museum, Zagreb

NiceCurrency

Great looking piece, a nice addition

nicholasz219

I might have been looking at that same piece. I have been looking at Plautillas as well to go with my Severan family business.

That is nice and for some reason I always like words with "v's" on Roman coins. Also words that conjugate with "trix" endings. Juno conservatorix is one I have I think.

Nice pickup. Jealous.

bronzemat

Thats a beauty. I find her coins some of the best of the period. Many are overweight too.

JCMhouston

Nice, and an excellent history lesson to boot.

FilamCoins

What a great coin!

Amazing color and quality.

Still baffles me how a coin can look like this after 2,000 years.

bronzemat

<< <i>What a great coin!

Amazing color and quality.

Still baffles me how a coin can look like this after 2,000 years. >>



Thats what drew me to ancients. I love many u.s. designs, but something about ancients that are just awe.

Hussulo

Fantastic coin. Interesting history too. "Once father-in-law Septimius died Caracalla ordered her death and she was strangled in 212 A.D." they didn't muck about in those days.

NiceCurrency

<< <i>Fantastic coin. Interesting history too. "Once father-in-law Septimius died Caracalla ordered her death and she was strangled in 212 A.D." they didn't muck about in those days. >>



Read what Constanine 'the Great' did to his wife and son allegedly

Zohar

I like it!

lordmarcovan

That's a nice looking Plautilla. Quite well struck and centered.

Here is the one from my old collection (all I ever had was this tiny picture, but it was a pretty nice coin).