This small coin above is not mine. On the obverse the legends are visible: "AEL EVD..." On the reverse we can read only "GLORIA RO..." which most likely stands for “Gloria Romanorum“ if I’m not wrong. Then we have the mintmark "ALE" (A?) This coin is attributed to empress Aelia Eudoxia (died 404). But I want to ask you: Can we be 100% sure this coin is correct attributed? Because there are three personalities with somehow same name: Aelia Eudoxia (died 404), Aelia Eudocia (died 460), and finally there is Licinia Eudoxia (died 493). Can we identify this coin with 100% certainty as empress Aelia Eudoxia (died 404)?
I'm not an expert on LRB's, but yes, based on the style and fabric. That looks very much like a c. 400 coin. The later ones become really tiny and miserable. I think I spot the being crowned by above motif on the obverse. That was the style in Theodosius I's time.
Yes, we can. There has never been an Eudocia found for this type. She has a type of her own with very similar devices (though struck exclusively at Constantinople). On paper, the two types should be difficult to tell apart; they are, however, not. I have a few. I'll post some pics I suppose.
Yes, it is certainly Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius. Here is page about her and her AE coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/Eudoxia.html The later empresses with similar names did not have coins of this AE3 size minted in their names.
