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202 NGC Ch VF Plautilla Roman Empire Denarius Concordia Caracalla (23080802C)

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  • Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
  • First Issue type (PLAVTILLAE) struck for Empress Plautilla, wife of Emperor Caracalla between 202 and 205 CE.
  • 3.39g, RIC 359 (rated as scarce).   
  • Certified by NGC to Ch VF.
  • Concordia refers to the family harmony with Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, Paultilla and Geta. 
  • Obverse: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTA, Bust draped right, hair firmly waived and drawn into bun.
  • Reverse: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia standing left holding patera and scepter.
  • Caracalla was forced to marry Plautilla causing great unhappiness. Caracalla exiled Plautilla to the Lipari Islands were she was murdered 205 CE.
  • Concordia was the goddess of harmony and concord. She was a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and as such presided over both marital harmony, soothing strife and discord, and harmonious action of soldiers in war.