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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Aelia Flaccilla| > RL96878
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|, The Christogram (also called a Monogramma Christi or Chrismon) is a ligature of Chi (X) and Rho (P), the first two letters of Christ in Greek. It was among the earliest symbols of Christianity. The crucifix was rarely used in early Christian iconography, perhaps because most people then had personally witnessed its gruesome use for public execution.
RL96878. Bronze half centenionalis, RIC IX Heraclea 17.1 (R), LRBC II 1965, SRCV V 20625, Cohen VIII 5, VF, green patina, tight flan, light marks, die break on obv., Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, weight 1.559g, maximum diameter 13.4mm, die axis 180o, 378 - 383 A.D.; obverse AEL FLACCILLA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right; reverse SALVS REIPVBLICAE (health of the Republic), Victory seated right, inscribing Christogram on shield set on a cippus, SMHA in exergue; rare; SOLD











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