
Theodosius I - A.D. 378-383 - Follis AE3 - CONCORDIA AVGGG - VF
Lot 713 · Consigned by Tacitus
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Theodosius I - (January 11 347- January 17 395), aka Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He is best known for making Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire & great architecture projects in Constantinople. After a military career & a governorship under his father Theodosius the Elder, a comes rei militaris, he became magister equitum & was then elevated to the imperial rank of augustus by the emperor
Gratian (367-383).