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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Aelia Flaccilla| > RL02243
Aelia Flaccilla, Augusta 19 January 379 - 386 A.D., Wife of Theodosius I
|Aelia| |Flaccilla|, |Aelia| |Flaccilla,| |Augusta| |19| |January| |379| |-| |386| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Theodosius| |I|, On the throne Aelia Flaccilla was a shining example of Christian virtue and ardent charity. St. Ambrose describes her as "a soul true to God." Theodoret in particular exalts her humility, charity and benevolence (Church History V.19, ed. Valesius, III, 192 sq.). He tells us how she personally tended the disabled, and quotes a saying of hers: "To distribute money belongs to the imperial dignity, but I offer up for the imperial dignity itself personal service to the Giver." Aelia Flaccilla is commemorated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church; her feast day is 14 September.
RL02243. Bronze maiorina, RIC IX Nicomedia 43 (R), LRBC II 2396, SRCV V 20619, Cohen VIII 6, gVF, irregular flan, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, weight 3.1g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, die axis 180o, 25 Aug 383 - 386 A.D.; obverse AEL FLACCILLA AVG, draped bust right with an elaborate rosette diadem, necklace and mantle, hair in plait up the back and top of head; reverse SALVS REIPVBLICAE (health of the Republic), Aelia Flaccilla standing facing head right, arms folded on breast, SMN[...] in exergue; rare; SOLD











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