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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     34-109      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Aelia Eudoxia Date Ruled:     AD 400-404 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Solidus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 400-402 Diameter:     21 mm Weight:     4.41 g Obverse Legend:     AEL EVDO_XIA AVG Obverse Description:     Pearl-diademed and draped bust r., wearing necklace and earrings and crowned by the hand of God Reverse Legend:     SALVS REI_PVBLICAE Reverse Description:     Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on her left knee a shield inscribed with double-lined Chio-Rho to which she points. no shield behind cuirass Exergue:     CONOB Mint Mark:     CONOB Mint:     Constantinople Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted Reference2:     Ratto 139 var. (shield behind cuirass) Reference3:     LRC 273 var. (shield behind cuirass) Photograph Credit:     Numismatic Ars Classica NAC AG Source:     http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ Price Sold For:     12000 Swiss Franc Date Sold:     11/24/2006 Grade:     Good VF Notes:     (1) While this coin has a shield supported on the left knee it is inscribed with a double-lined Chio-Rho, and no shield behind cuirass. Therefore it is considered as unlisted and not a var. of RIC 028 (2) NAC Auction 34, Lot 109 An apparently unrecorded variety of a rare type. Ex Sternberg sale XIX, 1987, 950. 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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