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Theodora
Augusta AD 337 - 340
AE AE 3 - Half Centenionalis
Constantinople mint AD 330
Coins Catalog ID: 3001
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Sales Description
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Obverse: FL MAX THEODORAE AVG - Diademed and draped bust right.
Reverse: PIETAS ROMANA - Pietas standing right, holding a child.
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References:
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RIC, vol. VIII, p. 449, 36
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Theodora - Flavia Maximiana Theodora:
Second wife of Constantius I Chlorus;
Step-daughter of Maximian;
Step-sister of Maxentius and Fausta;
Mother of Constantia (wife of Licinius I);
Grandmother of Delmatius, Hanniballianus, Constantius Gallus, Julian II, Licinius II and Nepotian.
Mints: Constantinopolis, Rome, Treveri.
Biography: Theodora was the second wife of Constantius Chlorus. She was the eldest daughter, or perhaps stepdaughter, of Maximianus Herculius and his wife Eutropia. In order to strengthen the dynastic relationship between himself and Herculius when Maximianus Herculius appointed him as his Caesar (junior emperor) in the west with the right of succession on 1 March 293, Constantius put aside his wife Helena and married Theodora. She bore him six children: Flavius Dalmatius, Julius Constantius, Hannibalianus, Constantia, Anastasia, and Eutropia.
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