Aureus Issued for Plautilla, Wife of Caracalla
Aureus Issued for Plautilla, Wife of Caracalla
- Description:
- Obverse: Bust of Plautilla. Reverse: Caracalla Clasping Hands with Plautilla.
- Medium:
- Gold
- Dimensions:
- Diam. 2 cm
- Context:
- Minted in Rome
- Date:
- 202–5 CE
- Inventory Number:
- S. L. 158
- Lender:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The obverse legend, in Latin, reads:
PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE
Translation: Plautilla Augusta
The reverse legend, in Latin, reads:
CONCORDIAE AETERNAE
Translation: Eternal Concordia.
This coin type, an aureus issued by the Roman emperor Caracalla, celebrates harmony with his wife Fulvia Plautilla. It is cataloged in Online Coins of the Roman Empire as RIC IV Caracalla 361 (aureus).