Little Romans - Trajan quadrans

i don't have one of those...

here's my smallest roman coin, a zeno monogram coin...about 9 mm. obverse is all but blank.

 

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Only coin I have smaller than an As (at least during the time they were used)



Anonymous Æ Semuncia. Rome, 217-215 BC. Bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos / Prow of galley right; ROMA above.

 

Trajan AE Quadrans. 98-117 AD, 3.5g, 17mm

OBV: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG. Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder.

REV: She-wolf crouching left, SC in ex.

REF: RIC II 694, BMCRE 1061, Cohen 340.

 

Welcome, Dirk D .... wow, that's a very sweet lookin' coin

 

Thnx, I hit the reply button before I added the description:
Plautilla, 202 - 205, Nikaia (Bithynia). 2,38 gr. Not listed in the standard reference works.

 

I always find her portraits to be beautiful. If they are true representations of Plautilla, you have to wonder what Caracalla found attractive since he despised Plautilla.

 

I agree with you. More proof that Caracalla was mad as a hatter.

 

However, I met a young woman (young enough to be my granddaughter) who I thought was one of the most attractive young women I've ever seen. But once she opened her mouth to speak, it was painfully evident her IQ was so low or her education so lacking, I couldn't possibly see anyone staying with her for more than one night. I guess what I am saying is that Plautilla could have other flaws not so evident in her looks.

 

It's true that an image doesn't tell you everything. In this case, however, taking in account Caracalla's reputation.......
I believe Plautilla was the daughter of an old time friend of Septimius Severus.