Siliqua - Aelia Eudocia Cross within wreath; Constantinopolis 430-438

Weight

1.98 g

Diameter

18 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Pearl-diademed, draped bust of Aelia Eudocia right, seen from front, wearing necklace and earrings, hair elaborately weaved with long plait up the back of head and tucked under diadem.

Back design

Cross within wreath terminating in large jewel; mintmark in exergue.

Year of Minting

430-438

Empress

Eudocia (Ælia Licinia Eudoxia) ( 421-443 )

Mint location

Constantinople (ancient) , modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-476)

Mint mark

CONS

Orientation

Variable alignment ↺

Inscriptions

Obverse: AEL EVDO-CIA AVG Reverse: CONS

Context

Aelia Pulcheria was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother emperor Theodosius II during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453. She was the second child of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. In 414, the fifteen-year old Pulcheria became the guardian of her younger brother Theodosius II. When Theodosius was killed in a riding accident in AD 450, Pulcheria briefly ruled as sole empress before bowing to demands that she marry and thus chose a suitable man to rule as Augustus. Variants are known, under this reference along with other references, given the types of ties of the wreath on reverse: From RIC Volume 10

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

0