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Aelia Eudocia, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 423-460). AV solidus (20mm, 4.28 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, clipped, flan void. Constantinople, 4th officina, AD 423-429. AEL EVDO-CIA AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust of Aelia Eudocia right, seen from front, wearing necklace and earring, hair elaborately weaved with long plait up the back of head and tucked under diadem, crowned with wreath by hand of God reaching down from above / VOT XX-MVLT XXX Δ, Victory standing facing, head left, long jeweled cross with horizontal crossbar in right hand, folds of stola in left; star in upper left field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 228. Depeyrot 75/2. Well centered on bright, lustrous flan.
Aelia Eudocia started life as a legendary beauty born in Antioch to a Pagan professor. Having absorbed Greek philosophy from childhood, she became an accomplished poet, prose writer and orator in her own right. She traveled to Constantinople in AD 420 and caught the eye of Emperor Theodosius II, who was in the market for a wife. His sister, Pulcheria, insisted that she convert to Christianity before any marriage, terms that she readily accepted. The new empress immediately became an advocate for universal education and tolerance, particularly toward Jews and other persecuted sects. She also sought to blend Classical Hellenism and Christianity. This placed her at odds with Pulcheria, who began to denigrate the sincerity of her conversion. To prove her devotion, Eudocia made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in AD 438, but soon after returning she was accused of adultery and banished from the court. Theodosius still loved her, however, and she was able to retire to Jerusalem where she continued her writing and charitable work until her death in AD 460.
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Aelia Eudocia, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 423-460). AV solidus (20mm, 4.28 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, clipped, flan void. Constantinople, 4th officina, AD 423-429. AEL EVDO-CIA AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust of Aelia Eudocia right, seen from front, wearing necklace and earring, hair elaborately weaved with long plait up the back of head and tucked under diadem, crowned with wreath by hand of God reaching down from above / VOT XX-MVLT XXX Δ, Victory standing facing, head left, long jeweled cross with horizontal crossbar in right hand, folds of stola in left; star in upper left field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 228. Depeyrot 75/2. Well centered on bright, lustrous flan.
Aelia Eudocia started life as a legendary beauty born in Antioch to a Pagan professor. Having absorbed Greek philosophy from childhood, she became an accomplished poet, prose writer and orator in her own right. She traveled to Constantinople in AD 420 and caught the eye of Emperor Theodosius II, who was in the market for a wife. His sister, Pulcheria, insisted that she convert to Christianity before any marriage, terms that she readily accepted. The new empress immediately became an advocate for universal education and tolerance, particularly toward Jews and other persecuted sects. She also sought to blend Classical Hellenism and Christianity. This placed her at odds with Pulcheria, who began to denigrate the sincerity of her conversion. To prove her devotion, Eudocia made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in AD 438, but soon after returning she was accused of adultery and banished from the court. Theodosius still loved her, however, and she was able to retire to Jerusalem where she continued her writing and charitable work until her death in AD 460.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD