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ID number: BIRBI-R1386 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Plautilla; Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 202-205 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.74 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1480. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Plautilla, bare and draped, hair firmly waved and drawn down on neck, facing r. Reverse: Venus, naked to waist, standing facing l. holding apple in extended r. and palm in l., resting l. elbow on shield; at feet, l., Cupid.
Inscriptions: Obverse: PLAVTILLA AVGVSɪA (Plautilla Augusta). Reverse: VENVS VICTRIX (Victorious Venus).
Bibliography: RIC IV 369 (Caracalla)
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