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Solidus - Aelia Pulcheria VOT XX MVLT XXX, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 420-422 |
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| Value | Solidus (1) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Aelia Pulcheria facing right, wearing a pearl diadem, elaborate jewelled necklace, and imperial robes richly adorned with beading. The hair is elaborately coiffed and crowned with a stephane embellished with pendilia. The effigy conveys late antique imperial solemnity, rendered in the refined Byzantine court style. The Latin legend AEL PVLCHERIA AVG encircles the bust, reading from left to right along the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | AEL PVLCH-ERIA AVG |
| Reverse description | The personification of Constantinopolis stands facing, slightly right, draped and winged, wearing a crested helmet, holding a long jewelled cross-on-steps staff in her left hand and resting her right hand on a shield set at her side. The figure embodies the imperial capital in a devotional posture. The votive legend VOT XX MVLT XXX flanks the figure on left and right respectively, with the officina letter H to the right of the legend. The mint mark CONOB appears in the exergue, denoting the Constantinople mint and standard fine gold. |
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