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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Plautilla| > SL89803
Plautilla, Augusta 202 - 22 January 205 A.D., Wife of Caracalla
|Plautilla|, |Plautilla,| |Augusta| |202| |-| |22| |January| |205| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Caracalla|, Sulla in a dream first saw Venus with the weapons of Mars as Venus Victrix and made her his personal patroness. In the night before the battle of Pharsalus 48 B.C. Pompey dreamed of Venus Victrix - seemingly a lucky sign. Caesar sacrificed to Venus Genetrix, but issued as watchword 'Venus Victrix', and defeated Pompey!
SL89803. Silver denarius, RIC IV 369 (S); RSC III 25; BMCRE V p. 238, 429; Hunter III 9; SRCV II 7074, NGC AU, strike 5/5, surface 4/5 (4094543-017), Rome mint, weight 2.94g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 180o, 202 - 205 A.D.; obverse PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in horizontal ridges, looped plait at back of neck; reverse VENVS VICTRIX (victorious Venus), Venus standing left, bare to waist, apple in right hand, palm frond in left hand, resting left elbow on shield, Cupid at her feet on left holding crested helmet; from the Martineit Collection of Ancient and World Coins; NGC| Lookup; SOLD











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