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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Eudoxia| > BB70646
Eudoxia, Augusta, 9 January 400 - Early October 404 A.D., Wife of Arcadius
|Eudoxia|, |Eudoxia,| |Augusta,| |9| |January| |400| |-| |Early| |October| |404| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Arcadius|, Manus Dei, the hand of God, reaches down to crown the Empress Eudoxia on both the obverse and reverse.

The cross was rarely used in early Christian iconography, perhaps because it symbolized a purposely painful and gruesome method of public execution that most early Christians would have personally witnessed. In 315, Constantine abolished crucifixion as punishment in the Roman Empire. The Ichthys, or fish symbol, was used by early Christians. Constantine adopted the Chi-Rho Christ monogram (Christogram) as his banner (labarum). The use of a cross as the most prevalent symbol of Christianity probably gained momentum after Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, traveled to the Holy Land, c. 326 - 328, and recovered the True Cross.
BB70646. Bronze centenionalis, cf. RIC X Arcadius 77 ff. (various mints), Fair, eastern mint, weight 1.850g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 0o, 9 Jan 400 - 401 A.D.; obverse AEL EVDOXIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, crowned with wreath by the Hand of God above; reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM (glory of the Romans), Empress enthroned facing, hands folded over breast, crowned by the hand of God above, cross right, mintmark in exergue (obscure); from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; SOLD










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