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Aelia Flaccilla, Augusta 19 January 379 - 386 A.D., Wife of Theodosius I

Ancient Roman coins of Aelia Flaccilla for sale in the Forum Ancient Coins consignment shop.

Aelia Flavia Flaccilla was the wife of Theodosius I, who reigned 379 - 395 A.D., and mother of the emperors Arcadius and Honorius. She was known for her piety and generosity to the poor. 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. Aelia was honored by future empresses who took her first name as a title. She is commemorated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church; her feast day is 14 September.

Also see ERIC - Aelia Flaccilla.

References

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Sear, D. Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. V: The Christian Empire...Constantine II to Zeno, AD 337 - 491. (London, 2014).
Vagi, D. Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. (Sidney, 1999).

Obverse Legends

AEL FLACCILLA AVG


Moneta Historical Reference

AELIA FLAVIA FLACCILLA was born in Spain in the mid-fourth century to a prominent family. Her father, Antonius, was the Praefect of Gaul. In 376 she married a fellow Spaniard, Flavius Theodosius (See THEODOSIUS I), who had just retired early from an army career because of the conviction and execution of his father, a high military commander, on treason charges.  The following year saw the birth of her first child, Flavius Arcadius - the future Emperor Arcadius (q.v.).  In 378 her husband was summoned to active duty commanding the Roman forces facing the Visigoths on the Danube River.  Theodosius succeeded in restoring Roman fortunes there (where the Emperor Valens (q.v.) had been killed at the battle of Hadrianopolis only months earlier - August 378), and was rewarded by the Emperor Gratian (q.v.) by being elevated to Augustus of the Eastern Empire on January 19, 379.  Aelia Flaccilla thus found herself Empress, although the title of Augusta was withheld until the elevation of her son Arcadius to Augustus on January 19, 383.  Another son, Flavius Honorius - the future Emperor Honorius (q.v.) - was born to her in September 384.  She died in Thrace in 386 and is primarily remembered for her Christian piety and her benevolence to the poor.


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FLACILLA (Aelia), the first wife of Theodosius the Great; born in Spain, daughter of Antonius, prefect of Gaul, she was celebrated for her piety, and for her benevolence to the poor. Arcadius and Honorius were her sons by the above named emperor, who married her before his accession to the imperial throne. She died in Thrace, A. D. 388. Her brass coins are of the lowest degree of rarity, her gold and silver most rare.
A half aureus of this empress 's, on which she is styled AEL FLACILLA AVG, bears her head crowned with a diadem enriched with precious stones. - SALVS REIPVBLICAE is the legend, and a victory inscribing on a shield the monogram of Christ, is the type of the reverse.
[This gold coin is valued by Mionnet at 80 fr. and 50 fr. in silver.]
A similar type, but in bronze, is illustrated above.
GOLD. - Without legend. - The monogram of Christ within a laurel garland. in the exergue CONOB P or CONS (A quinarius, valued by Mionnet at 72 fr. Engraved in Akerman, ii. pl. xii. No. 4).

Coin illustrated is from Apostate 's FORVM gallery.




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