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                        Lot: 479

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Aelia Flaccilla, wife of Theodosius I. Ca. 
                        AD 383-388. AR siliqua (2.10 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Aelia Flaccilla (wife of Theodosius I). 
                        Silver siliqua (2.10 gm). Constantinople, ca. AD 
                        383-388. AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG, draped bust right / 
                        Christogram in wreath, CONS. in exergue. RIC 78 (R4). 
                        Cohen 8 var. (Rollin, 400 Fr.). RSC 8f. Extremely rare. 
                        Good very fine 

                        Silver coins of this empress are virtually unobtainable. 
                        Cohen, since he cites a coin dealer, apparently knew of 
                        no specimens in museum collections. Since then, the 
                        British Museum has acquired one, illustrated in RIC IX, 
                        pl. xii, 14. H.J. Berk photofile contains only one 
                        silver coin of Flaccilla, with a different reverse type, 
                        Ars Classica XVII, (Evans) 1934, lot 1982. There is none 
                        in Glasgow, and neither Trau nor Mazzini possessed one. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 3,000 




...Sold for $3,750 USD [ approx 2850 EUR, 1987.5 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).