Bold Portrait of Aelia Eudoxia

453, Lot: 644. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelia Eudoxia. Augusta, AD 400-404. Æ (15.5mm, 1.87 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck under Arcadius, AD 401-403. Pearl-diademed and draped bust right; manus Dei (hand of God) above / Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on a low column a shield inscribed with a Christogram, to which she points; CONSA. RIC X 101 (Arcadius); LRBC 2213. Dark gray-green and brown patina. VF. Particularly bold portrait.