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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
AELIA FLACILLA
, first wife of Theodosius I, 378-395 AD. AE2 (22.43mm), Constantinopolis mint.
Obverse:
AEL. FLACCILLA AVG., Her draped bust right with elaborate head-dress and necklace made of large beads.
Reverse:
SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated to the right, inscribing christogram on shield set on cippus or column. CONr in exergue.
Reference:
RIC 81; Sear 4192. Grade: AEF.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Theodosius I
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Aelia Flacilla see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.