Plautilla AR Denarius, 19 mm, 3.15 g. Rome, RIC 367, RSC 16, BMC 422 202-205 AD. PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, Hair firmly waved and drawndown on neck, / draped ,right, PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing right holding sceptre in right hand & holding child in left arm.
Nice examples posted! It just so happens that this coin arrived today. Plautilla, AR denarius, 202-205 AD. RIC IV.1# 369 (denarius) 2.76 grams Obverse: Bust of Plautilla, hair firmly waved and drawn down on neck, draped, right. Reverse: Venus, naked to waist, standing left, holding apple in extended right hand and palm in left hand, resting left elbow on shield; at feet, left, Cupid. This is clearly quite a crude example, with some deposits as a bonus. But what attracted me, aside that I never owned a Plautilla denarius, is the pretty ragged flan, which I think was caused at the striking. The denarii must have been quite debased at this point, making for some brittle metal and causing some of the edge to shatter on impact of the hammer die. I've seen one example with a crack nearly halfway through the coin. The quality of the engraving is not the best, but I don't think Caracalla really cared. There was no love lost between these two, apparently. In 215 Caracalla introduced the antoninianus, a coin intended to serve as a double denarius, with about a 52% level of silver. In reality, though, the antoninianus was worth one and a half denarii.
Like @Bing , this is my only Pautilla RI Plautilla 202-205 CE m Caracalla AR Denarius 3.7g Concordia patera scepter RIC 363 Ex: I do not remember
I got this one from the London Coin fair last year because I thought it was a particularly nice strike. Also my only Plautilla.
You have to admire a woman who could survive with Caracalla. Given his conduct, I would say that he was a sociopath. He killed his brother in front of his mother, and his life went down from there.
