Denarius (Coin) Portraying Plautilla

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

202-205, issued by Septimius Severus

Roman, minted in Rome

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the profile head of Plautilla, facing right and draped. The back (reverse) depicts the imperial couple, Caracalla and Plautilla, clasping hands.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Denarius (Coin) Portraying Plautilla
Place: Rome (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 202 CE–205 CE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Obverse: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE "Empress Plautilla" Reverse: CONCORDIAE AETERNAE "Eternal Concord"
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4886
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/5673/manifest.json

Karen B.Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 55.
Karen B. Alexander, “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.
Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 60 Denarius Portraying Plautilla: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/547

Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

Cat. 60 Denarius (Coin) Portraying Plautilla, A.D. 202/05

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