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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2797836, member: 75937&quot;]Here&#039;s one from the late empire--Aelia Flaccilla, the wife of Theodosius I. Often, coins of this era are crudely rendered, but I think this portrait is quite lovely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]651355[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aelia Flaccilla, AD 379-386</p><p>Roman Æ Maiorina (Æ 2); 4.78 gm, 21.55 mm</p><p>Antioch, AD 383-386</p><p>Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing chi-rho onto shield. T in field right, ANTЄ in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 61.3; Sear 20616; Cohen 4; c.f. LRBC II 2747</p><p><br /></p><p>Flaccilla was of Hispanian Roman descent. During her marriage to Theodosius, she gave birth to two sons -- future Emperors Arcadius and Honorius -- and a daughter, Aelia Pulcheria.</p><p><br /></p><p>She was a fervent supporter of the Nicene Creed and is commemorated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, her feast day being 14 September. Sozomen reports her preventing a conference between Theodosius and Eunomius of Cyzicus who served as figurehead of Anomoeanism, a distinct sect of Arians. Ambrose and Gregory of Nyssa praise her Christian virtue and comment on her role as &quot;a leader of justice&quot; and &quot;pillar of the Church.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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