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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Theodora| > RL79457
Theodora, Augusta, 2nd Wife of Constantius I, Grandmother of Caesars and Emperors
|Theodora|, |Theodora,| |Augusta,| |2nd| |Wife| |of| |Constantius| |I,| |Grandmother| |of| |Caesars| |and| |Emperors|, Theodora is often referred to as a stepdaughter of Emperor Maximian by ancient sources, leading to claims by historians Otto Seeck and Ernest Stein that she was born from an earlier marriage between Eutropia, wife of Maximian, and Afranius Hannibalianus. This man was consul in 292 and praetorian prefect under Diocletian. Timothy Barnes challenges this view stating that all "stepdaughter sources" derive their information from the partially unreliable work Kaisergeschichte (written in the 4th century), while more reliable sources refer Theodora as Maximian's natural daughter. He concludes that she was born no later than c. 275 to an unnamed earlier wife of Maximian, possibly one of Hannibalianus' daughters.
RL79457. Billon reduced centenionalis, Hunter V 2 (also 1st officina), RIC VIII Trier 91, LRBC I 129, Voetter 4, SRCV V 17502, Cohen VII 4, EF, nice portrait, some luster, reverse slightly off-center, area of light corrosion on reverse, 1st officina, Treveri (Trier, Germany) mint, weight 1.323g, maximum diameter 15.4mm, die axis 180o, 337 - 340 A.D.; obverse FL MAX THEODORAE AVG, draped bust right, wearing diadem, elaborate hairstyle, pearl necklace; reverse PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head right, holding infant at her breast, TRP followed by branch in exergue; SOLD










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FL MAX THEODORA AVG
FL MAX THEODORAE AVG


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