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ID: |
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24-330 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Aelia Eudoxia |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 400-404
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Solidus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 402–403 |
| Weight: |
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4.44 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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AEL EVDO_XIA AVG |
| Obverse Description: |
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Pearl-diademed and draped bust right, wearing necklace and earrings and crowned by the hand of God |
| Reverse Legend: |
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SALVS REI_PVBLICAE |
| Reverse Description: |
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Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on her left knee a shield inscribed with single-lined Christogram to which she points; behind cuirass, a shield. |
| Exergue: |
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CONOB |
| Mint Mark: |
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CONOB |
| Mint: |
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Constantinople |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 028 |
| Reference2: |
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Ratto 139 |
| Reference3: |
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LRC 273 |
| Reference4: |
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Vagi 3727 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Numismatic Ars Classica NAC AG |
| Source: |
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http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ |
| Price Sold For: |
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6500 Swiss Franc |
| Date Sold: |
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12/5/2002 |
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Grade:
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gVF |
| Notes: |
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NAC Auction 24, Lot 330
Rare.
The daughter of Bauto the Frank, a general and consul under Valentinian I, Aelia Eudoxia was married to Arcadius with the help of the court eunuch Eutropius. Her position was one of great power, and she used it to dominate palace politics as well as her weak husband. A very pious woman who often argued with the Church's leadership, Eudoxia gave birth to five children, among them the future emperor Theodosius II, and the chaste empress Aelia Pulcheria, wife of the future emperor Marcian. After only a decade of marriage and deep involvement in court affairs, Eudoxia died in the midst of a miscarriage in October, 404. |
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