Plautilla, the Reverse Butterface

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  1. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    I got this Plautilla provincial "as"-sized coin for just $3.52.

    This has what I consider to be a reverse butterface - attractive face, but nothing in the back.

    No, literally, nothing in the back.
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  3. curtislclay

    curtislclay Well-Known Member

    If diameter approximately 25 mm, could be Plautilla's second obverse die out of three total at Thessalonica, V 2 in Touratsoglou's Thessalonica corpus, this die recorded with two rev. types, Nike advancing left and Nike advancing right.
     
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  4. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Sorry, forgot to put dimensions.

    Diam: 26mm
    Weight: 11.5g
     
  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    I have a few Plautilla provincials.

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    Plautilla, AD 202-205
    Roman provincial AE 24.4 mm, 5.87 g
    Peloponnesus, Corinth, AD 202-205
    Obv: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right Rev: C L I COR, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae
    Refs: Cohen 41; BMC 672.
    Notes: Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

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    Plautilla, AD 202-205
    Roman provincial Æ 9.92 g, 26.2 mm, 8 h.
    Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Lucius Aurelius Gallus, legatus consularis, AD 202-203.
    Obv: ΦΟVΛ ΠΛΑVΤΙΛΛΑ CЄΒ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
    Rev: V ΑV ΓΑΛΛΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing r., holding rudder and cornucopiae.
    Refs: Varbanov 1088; Hristova & Jekov (2007 a) 6.218.38.1.; H.J. Pfeiffer 137 ff; Pick --; SNG Copenhagen --; BMC Thrace --; Mionnet Supp II --; Moushmov --; Wiczay --; Lindgren II --; Lindgren III --.

    This one appears to be unlisted in the major references, from what I can tell.

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    Plautilla, AD 202-205
    Roman provincial Æ 15.8 mm, 3.08 g
    Bithynia, Nicaea.
    Obv: ΠΛΑVΤΙΛΛΑ CEΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and dr. bust, right
    Rev: ΝΙΚΑ-ΙΕΩΝ, Demeter standing left, holding long torch.
    Refs: BMC --; Sear --; c.f. Waddington Recueil General Des Monnaies Grecques D'Asie Mineure, 494, pl. LXXX (Æ 27 and with a different obverse legend).
     
  6. PeteB

    PeteB Well-Known Member

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    Plautilla, wife of Caracalla. Nicopolis, Moesia Inferior. Æ 25. Obv: Her bust, right. Rev: Athena standing facing, head right, and holding spear and shield, the latter on a small base. BMC___ (a single example for Plautilla), SNG Copenhagen___ (no examples for Plautilla alone). Varbanov (Engl.) 3189. This coin pictured. HrHJ (2018) 8.21.4.3 (same dies).
     
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