Description: Aelia Flaccilla (379 - 386 AD). AE2, Antioch mint 383-386 AD. AEL FLACCILLA AVG; draped bust right, with elaborate headdress, necklace and mantle / SALVS REIPVBLICAE; empress standing facing, head right, arms folded on breast; ANTЄ in ex.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 4,84 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 62

Commentary: scarce; bronze and brown surfaces, good portrait

History: The future empress was of Spanish origin; her husband, the future emperor Theodosius I, and her two sons, Arcadius and Honorius, were also born in Spain.

Article Number: 058-05-02-42386