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ID: |
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RIC_X_010 |
| 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 400-402 |
| Weight: |
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4.42 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 between her left knee and a slender column a shield inscribed with double-lined Chi-Rho to which she points; no shield behind the cuirass (var. B) |
| 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 010 var |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Frank Sternberg AG |
| Price Sold For: |
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7000 Swiss Franc |
| Date Sold: |
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29/10/2000 |
| Notes: |
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(1) Frank Sternberg Auction 23: Lot No. 904
(2) Ex Collection of Dr. Meyer Coloniensis, Part IV, Muenzzentrum in auction 65, 9.-12. November 1988, No. 1533, ex auction Frankfurt Münzhandlung 107, January 1963, No. 34
(3) This issue without the shield behind the cuirass is unrecorded in RIC. This coin could, also, be listed a "unlisted" as opposed to a "variant". |
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