Theodora. AE 4

Description

Theodora; Constantinople, ca. 337-40 AD, AE 4, 1.52g. RIC-36 (S), officina E=5, C-4 (4 Fr.). Obv: FL MAX THEO-DORAE AVG, Diademed, draped bust r. wearing necklace. Rx: PIETAS-ROMANA, standing l., head r., holding an infant at her breast, CONSE in exergue. Theodora bore six children to Constantius I and through them became the grandmother of Hanniballianus, Dalmatius Caesar, Constantius Gallus Caesar, Nepotian, and Julian II: see RIC VIII, pp. 3-7. Her only coins are scarce small bronzes struck at Constantinople, Trier, and Rome between 337 and 340 AD.. EF