Ancient Roman Silver Coin of Empress Plautilla (Wife of Emperor Caracalla)

Own a Silver Coin from an Empress Rome Tried to Erase — Executed at 20 by the Husband Who Despised Her

A real silver-washed antoninianus of Plautilla — the teenage bride of Caracalla, exiled when her father was executed for conspiracy, and strangled on Caracalla's orders in AD 212. These coins are among the only surviving evidence that she existed at all. NGC certified.

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👑 Daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Plautianus, wife of Caracalla — a young woman used as a political pawn in imperial court machinations she had no power to control
🏛 Reverse depicts Venus, Diana, Concordia, Pietas, or Venus Felix — the divine virtues projected onto an empress whose real life contained none of the harmony her coins promised
🤲 One of the few tangible reminders that Plautilla existed — a coin that survived the erasure Rome attempted after her execution. NGC certified.

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Why This Coin Matters

Plautilla's story is one of the most poignant in Roman imperial history — a young woman with no political agency of her own, married off at approximately fourteen years old to an emperor who reportedly detested her from the beginning. Her father Plautianus was the Praetorian Prefect under Septimius Severus — one of the most powerful men in the empire, so close to the emperor that ancient sources described their relationship as extraordinary even by Roman standards. The marriage of his daughter to Caracalla in AD 202 was designed to cement that power permanently, binding the Plautiani to the Severan dynasty through blood.

Caracalla made his feelings about the arrangement clear almost immediately. He reportedly refused to dine with Plautilla or share her company beyond what dynastic obligation required, and told her openly that he would have both her and her father killed as soon as he had the power to do so. In AD 205, Plautianus was accused — whether justly or through Caracalla's machinations remains debated — of plotting against the imperial family. Septimius Severus had him executed on the spot. Plautilla, barely a teenager, was stripped of her titles and banished to the island of Capri.

She survived there for seven years, in exile and obscurity, until AD 212 — the same year Caracalla murdered his brother Geta and issued the Constitutio Antoniniana granting citizenship to the entire empire. In that year, he also ordered Plautilla strangled. She was approximately twenty years old. After her death, her images were condemned and her memory officially suppressed — the same damnatio memoriae used against Geta, against political enemies, against anyone Rome wanted to unmake. This antoninianus, struck during the brief years of her imperial status between AD 202 and 205, is one of the rare physical survivors of that suppression. Certified by NGC.

Perfect for:

• Collectors of Severan dynasty, imperial women, and Roman silver antoniniani
• History lovers drawn to court intrigue, damnatio memoriae, and Rome's tragic imperial women
• Plautilla portrait, rare empress type, and NGC certified silver enthusiasts
• Anyone seeking a historically extraordinary piece from one of Rome's most forgotten and unjustly erased lives

What You'll Receive

• One authentic silver-washed antoninianus of Plautilla
• Denomination: Antoninianus (valued at two denarii)
• NGC certified for authenticity and preservation
• Struck AD 202–205 — similar to examples shown (each coin is unique)

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