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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
AELIA FLACILLA
, first wife of Theodosius I, 378-395 AD. AE2 (22.50mm), Constantinopolis mint.
Obverse:
AEL. FLACCILLA AVG., Her draped bust right with elaborate head-dress and necklace made of beads.
Reverse:
SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Aelia Flaccilla standing facing, her arms folded on her breast, Monogram made of P and cross in right field. CONS E in exergue.
Reference:
RIC 82; Sear 4193. Grade: chEF/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
.