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Aelia Flaccilla
Augusta
AD 379 - 388
AE AE 2 - Centenionalis
Heraclea mint AD 378 – 383
Coins Catalog ID: 3001
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Sales Description
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Obverse: AEL FLACCILLA AVG - Diademed and draped bust right.
Reverse: SALVS REIPUBLIKAE - Victory seated right, inscribing Christo-gram on a shield set on a rectangular base.
Mint marks:
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exergue - SMHA
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References:
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RIC, vol. IX, p. 95, 13
Cohen 4
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Aelia Flaccilla - Aelia Flavia Flaccilla:
Wife of Theodosius I;
Mother of Arcadius and Honorius;
Step-mother of Galla Placidia;
Mother-inilaw of Aelis Eudoxia
Grandmother of Aelia Pulcheria and Theodosius II.
Mints: Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinopolis, Cyzicus, Heraclea, Nicomedia, Siscia, Thessalonica.
Biography: Aelia Flavia Flacilla hailed from Spain and was Theodosius I' first wife and mother of his sons Honorius and Arcadius, who went on to rule the divided empire after Theodosius's death. The marriage must have occurred about 376 and by 386 she disappeared from the stage to clear it for Theodosius's second marriage.
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