Gold solidus of Arcadius, Constantinople, 395 - 402 A.D.
AEL EVDOXIA AVG; Pearl-diademed and draped bust of Aelia Eudoxia r., crowned by the hand of God.
SALVS REIPVBLICAE; Victory seated r. on cuirass, behind which shield, supporting on her l. knee a shield inscribed with Christogram; in exergue, CONOB.
RIC 28; LRC 273; Depeyrot II, 55/5
Picture credit: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 232), 5.10.2015, lot 541
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