Tremissis - Aelia Pulcheria Cross within wreath; Constantinopolis
Features
| Issuer |
Eastern Roman Empire
(Rome)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Theodosius II (402-450)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 444 |
| Value | 1 Tremissis (⅓) |
| Currency | Solidus (330-476) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1.49 g |
| Diameter | 16 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 116668 |
| References | RIC X# 334 John P. C. Kent, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson, Andrew Burnett; 1994. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 10. The Divided Empire and the Fall of the Western Parts (AD 395–491). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Pulcheria right, pearl-diademed, draped, wearing necklace and earring.
Script: Latin
Lettering: AEL PVLCH-ERIA AVG
Unabridged legend: Aelia Pulcheria Augusta
Reverse
Cross within laurel-wreath, mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CONOB
Mint
| CONOB | Constantinople (ancient), modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-476) |
Comments
Aelia Pulcheria was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother emperor Theodosius II during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.
She was the second child of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. In 414, the fifteen-year old Pulcheria became the guardian of her younger brother Theodosius II.
When Theodosius was killed in a riding accident in AD 450, Pulcheria briefly ruled as sole empress before bowing to demands that she marry and thus chose a suitable man to rule as Augustus.
Variants are known, under this reference along with other references, given the types of ties of the wreath on reverse:
From RIC Volume 10
She was the second child of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. In 414, the fifteen-year old Pulcheria became the guardian of her younger brother Theodosius II.
When Theodosius was killed in a riding accident in AD 450, Pulcheria briefly ruled as sole empress before bowing to demands that she marry and thus chose a suitable man to rule as Augustus.
Variants are known, under this reference along with other references, given the types of ties of the wreath on reverse:
From RIC Volume 10
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (444) CONOB | Tie 10 | ||||||||||||||
| ND (444) CONOB | Tie 11 (photo) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (444) CONOB | Tie 12 | ||||||||||||||
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