Laodicea Plautilla

I have wanted a Laodicea ad Mare denarius for sometime & thanks to stainless, finally got one. I know some may not like the offcenter reverse but I am ok with it.


Laodicea Mint
AR Denarius
O: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE Draped bust right, hair in bun behind.
R: HILARITAS Hilaritas standing, holding palm branch and cornucopia.
RIC IV 371 (Caracalla)RSC 14
3.3g
18mm

 

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Nice portrait and good detail. Hilaritas is a one I always keep an eye out for, havent found on I liked yet. Cool addition!

 

I understand so well how much it is of a favorite, being myself an absolute fan of Plautilla (see here for more : http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1003&page=1&sort=ta )

BTW Hilaritas is on the scarcer side as a reverse type : I have made a survey about Plautilla denarii and out of almost 500 of them only 58 had been minted in Laodicaea, 10 of them with a Hilaritas reverse. Very nice addition.

Q

 

I know your a fan of her Q She was the looker but I gotta go with Crispina, hehe.

And thanks for the info, didnt know about that. So of the 10 have you seen this one then? I checked to see if it may have been on Acsearch and it wasnt.

 

both y'all trippin'. Faustina II (in the younger portraits) is the winner - she's a stallion.

stainless

 

And her mom was actually a stallion

 

...touche


stainless

 

For some reason I didn't keep the pictures, so I'm sorry to say I can't answer that...

Q

 

This is a nice obverse! Other than the obvious centering problem the reverse is better than many and I don't have the type so I'd be happy to have the coin. For reference, I'll tag on the common Concordia type:

 

The portrait is nice on yours too Doug, especially with the lettering.