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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26056155, member: 110226&quot;]Nice examples posted!</p><p><br /></p><p>It just so happens that this coin arrived today. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Plautilla, AR denarius, 202-205 AD.</b></p><p><b>RIC IV.1# 369 (denarius) </b></p><p><b>2.76 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Bust of Plautilla, hair firmly waved and drawn down on neck, draped, right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657904[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is clearly quite a crude example, with some deposits as a bonus.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen one example with a crack nearly halfway through the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The quality of the engraving is not the best, but I don&#039;t think Caracalla really cared. There was no love lost between these two, apparently. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 215 Caracalla introduced the antoninianus, a coin intended to serve as a double denarius, with about a 52% level of silver.&nbsp; In reality, though, the antoninianus was worth one and a half denarii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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