202 NGC Ch XF Plautilla Roman Empire Denarius Pietas Wife of Caracalla Pedigree (19042803C)

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Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
Struck for Empress Plautilla, wife of Emperor Caracalla between 202 and 205 CE.
3.30g, RIC 367 (rated as scarce) Foss 3 (attributed to 202 CE).
Pedigree: Ex. Empire Coins, Auction 9, 4/30/1988, Lot 331.
Certified by NGC to Ch XF (toned with underlying luster).
Commemorative issue minted to celebrate the marriage of Caracalla and Plautilla in 202 CE, during the decennalia reign celebration for Emperor Septimius Severus.
Obverse: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, Bust draped right, hair firmly waived and drawn down on neck.
Reverse: PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing right holding scepter and child.
Caracalla was forced to marry Plautilla causing great unhappiness. Caracalla exiled Plautilla to the Lipari Islands were she was murdered 205 CE.
Pietas is a Goddess of duty, loyalty and piety.

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