Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2
Mail Bid Lot: 479

ROMAN EMPIRE: Aelia Flaccilla, wife of Theodosius I. Ca. 
AD 383-388. AR 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 lists none. The British Museum has one, (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. 

Sold for $3,750 USD [ approx 2850 EUR, 1987.5 GBP 

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).