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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7716071, member: 84905&quot;]I found the below coin of Aelia Flaccilla on Ebay.</p><p>AEL FLACCILLA AVG&nbsp; //&nbsp; SALVS REI PVBLICAE&nbsp;&nbsp; -- CON E</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint: Constantinople, officina 5</p><p>Date: AD 383</p><p>Weight: 5.21 g (23mm)</p><p>RIC 81</p><p><br /></p><p>Aelia Flaccilla was the wife of Theodosius I and mother of Arcadius, Honorius and Aelia Pulcheria. She was born in Spain and she died in early 386 in Thrace. She was known for here adherence to the Nicene Creed, her opposition to the Arian Creed and her charity (she is a saint of the Orthodox church).</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse legend &quot;Health/safety of the Republic&quot; and Victoria inscribing a shield with Chi-Rho allude to hopes for a restoration of the state to Constantinian strength and new victories in the name of Christ.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this should be seen against the background of the catastrophe of Adrianople (378), where the Goths had wiped out the entire eastern army and killed emperor Valens. This hope was of course never fulfilled. Rome never recovered from Adrianople. Instead, the Empire would increasingly be ruled by Germanic generals before the western part was dissolved almost 100 years after the battle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the coin below is of great condition and in fact perhaps best of type. It is also of particularly fine style. I love Aelia Flaccilla&#039;s elaborate hairstyle and jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is interesting that empresses (or female relatives of the emperor) had disappeared from Roman coins for a period of more than half a century, after Constantine I, who had issued coins for Helena and Fausta, before making a comeback with Aelia Flaccilla in the 380s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please show us your coins of late Roman empresses.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323222[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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