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Nikopolis AE26 Moushmov 1159 of Plautilla

Plautilla AE26 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. Magistrate Gallus. FOVL PLAVTILLA CEB, draped bust right / VP AVP GALLOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC, eagle standing on globe, wings folded, head right, wreath in beak. Varbanov 2505.

Lot No.1283. VF.

$ 125.

Plautilla was the daughter of a powerful praetorian prefect. Her marriage to Caracalla in 202 AD was a political arrangement, and after the fall of her father in 205, Caracalla apparently wasted no time in banishing her. Her short tenure translates into scarcity of her coinage.