Pu(blia) Fulvia Plautilla Augusta. Considerations on the Praenomen of the Empress
Abstract
In this article we try to demonstrate that there are no sufficient reasons to consider that Fulvia Plautilla, daughter of the Prefect Commander of the Praetorian Guard, Caius Fulvius Plautianus, could used the praenomen Publia, since this praenomen is only attested in some coins which were minted in Tomis, in Moesia Inferior. Furthermore, we should take into account the frequent mistakes made in the Oriental minting. Specifically in some coins from Thyateira and Acraus, both in Lidia, she received the cognomen Plautiana. Regarding the praenomen Iusta that appears in some publications, at least from 1767, there are not contemporary evidence which attest its use.
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