I love late Roman bronze coins and was quite happy when I received the following two recent finds. The coins were sold by an antiques dealer and they were quite inexpensive. 1. Aelia Flaccilla - SALVS REI PVBLICAE - Antioch The coin is on a large (24mm) flan and I the portrait is very naturalistic. 2. Honorius - GLORIA ROMANORVM - Antioch Honorius AE-2 in nice condition are relatively difficult to find. I would be very interested to see members' late Roman bronzes of Aelia Flacilla and Aelia Eudoxia
Congrats! Nice coins with the happiness of a nice price. RI Aelia Flacilla w Theodosius I 373-388 CE 21mm 5-7g Victory Christogram shield Antioch RIC IX 61 RI Aelia Eudoxia wife of Arcadius 395-401 CE AE3 2.83g 17mm crowned by hand of God Enthroned Constan mint RIC 79
Those are nice, congrats. Aelia Flaccilla (379 - 386 A.D.) Æ2 O: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right. R: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Empress standing with hands folded on her chest. SMKr" in exergue. Cyzicus mint 5.5g RIC IX 24; LRBC 2567 Honorius (392 - 395 A.D.) Æ2 O: DN HONORIVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: GLORIA ROMANORVM; Emperor standing, facing head right, holding standard and globe. ANTΓ in ex. Antioch Mint 22mm 5.8g RIC IX Antioch 68e
Nice hunting! Once in a great while, you can find something decent in the vast swamp of fakes and overpriced junk that is eBay.
Nice coins ! Finding a decent Honorius , Arcadius and Theodosius at a good price is not an easy task! I just picked up this Theodosius.
My nicest Aelia Flaccilla: Aelia Flaccilla, AD 379-386. Roman AE Maiorina (AE 2), 4.78 gm, 21.55 mm, 6 h. Antioch, AD 383-386. Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated r., inscribing chi-rho onto shield set on cippus. T in field r, ANTЄ in exergue. Refs: RIC 61.3; Sear 20616; Cohen 4; c.f. LRBC II 2747.
I have a web page with a type set for Aelia Flaccilla: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/AeliaFlaccilla.html She only minted three types (not counting different mints) and each of her types was minted only for her.
Nice ebay finds! I have this large Aelia Flaccilla from Cyzicus as well as an example of the small SALVS REIPVBLICAE type, which yet needs to be photographed. Aelia Flaccilla, Roman Empire, AE2, 383–388, Cyzicus mint. Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG; bust of Aelia Flaccilla, with elaborate headdress, draped, necklace, and mantle, r. Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE; empress, head r., standing facing, arms folded on breast; in exergue, SMKΓ. 22mm, 4.32g. Ref: RIC IX Cyzicus 24. Ex Holding History; ex AMCC 2, lot 521 (their picture).
Aelia Eudoxia (Bronze) AE3 Nicomedia mint, A.D. 395-401 Obv: AEL EVDO-XIA AVG Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM - Empress on throne, crowned by hand of God SMNB in exergue; cross (very faint) in right field RIC (Arcadius) 80 17mm, 2.3g
Nice Aelia F. Here is a recent eBay Arcadius. Something like six dollars shipped. I thought it had a good hand of God.