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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.200
People
Plautilla, Roman (r. 202 CE)
Caracalla, Roman (r. 188 - 217 CE)
Septimius Severus, Roman (r. 193 - 211 CE)
Title
Denarius of Plautilla, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
202-05 CE
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio, Rome
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20929

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.61 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
denarius
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE
  • Reverse Inscription: CONCORDIAE AETERNAE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the collection of Margarete Bieber, bought from Gans.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC V 403 p.235

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.200
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Plautilla to r., draped, head bare, her hair braided in a melon coiffure
Rev.: Caracalla togate, standing l., holding roll in r. hand and clasping r. hand with Plautilla standing r., draped, gathering up fold of her drapery around l. arm.

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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