The six bust types of Plautilla

..i am awed.. i haven't even one of her..yet!^^

 

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Then my Denarius (still in the mail) should also be of that type (like all Venus Victrix reverses):



The portrait on my Plautilla Limes As also has the ears covered, so thanks to your post I can now date it to 204 (when that last type was introduced) or January 205, because I doubt that the legions on the Rhine frontier or elsewhere dared to cast emergency coinage with the portrait of Plautilla after she was exiled and her father executed.

The theory that Caracalla and Plautilla might have had a child has been refuted in Achim Lichtenbergers study "Severus Pius Augustus: Studien zur sakralen Repräsentation und Rezeption der Herrschaft des Septimius Severus und seiner Familie", P. 274-276).
According to Kienast ("Römische Kaisertabelle", P.164), Caracalla produced no (known) children at all.
The monography on Caracalla edited by the state museum Baden-Württemberg does not know of any children, neither does Spielvogel´s monography on Septimius Severus, nor do Cassius Dio or the Historia Augusta.
According to David Sear, it is doubtful that the marriage between Caracalla and Plautilla was ever even consummated.

 

Returning to the original theme of the thread, hair styles:

I'm grateful for the list from Hill. I have been paying some attention to the styles of Plautilla's hair of late but did not know of this study. I just acquired an example that seems to be a slight variant of the second style in the list.

In this latest example her hair is tightly and uniformly wound, but does not form a prominent chignon or bun at the back:


The bun seems to be formed but does not protrude, giving a very uniform curvature to the whole head. I associate it with type Eii because of the common reverse and the basic similarity of construction of the style. But I am not sure which mint did this particular work, Rome or Laodicea/Antiochia ad Orontem (as the British Museum is now labelling them).

BTW I am delighted to see your virtual tray, Cucumbor. Nice piece of work and a good model.

 

That's the Rome mint, Hill type Eii

 

Plautilla, 202-205. Denarius. PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA Draped bust of Plautilla to right, her hair in horizontal waves and tied up at the back. Rev. PIETAS AVGG Pietas standing right, holding scepter with her right hand and child in her left arm.

 

That's cool! I also have a Plautilla limes denarius but of an early type:


Roman AE limes Denarius, 2.01 g, 18.2 mm
Uncertain mint, AD 202
Obv: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: CONCORDIAE AETERNAE, Caracalla l. and Plautilla r. standing facing each other and clasping hands.
Ref: Cohen 11