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Ancient Roman Coinage
AELIA EUDOXIA
ROMAN EMPIRE
AELIA EUDOXIA
Wife of Arcadius
The wife of the ineffectual Arcadius, Eudoxia wielded considerable influence over her weak husband and virtually ruled in his stead. She was not liked by many, especially the patriarch of Constantinople, St. John Chrysostom, who condemned her as a hedonist and compared her to Jezebel, the supreme villainess of the Bible.
383-408 AD
Æ3/Follis (bronze) 16mm. 2.72 gm. Small coin cf. U.S. dime at 17.9mm.
Antioch(?) mint. Struck circa 401-403 AD.
Obverse: AEL EVDOXIA AVG ~ translation: "Aelia Eudoxia Empress", diademed and draped bust to right, being crowned manus Dei (Hand of God) above.
Reverse: SALVS REIPVBLICAE ~ Translation:
"Salvation of the State", Victory seated right, inscribing Chi-Rho "☧" Christogram on shield set on a small column ~ Chi-Rho X-P are the first two letters for Christ in Greek). Uncertain mint mark--stylistically points to Antioch.
Ref. RIC IX 61; LRBC 2162.
Choice Very Fine, reverse even better.
Rare Issue.
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