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Tremissis - Aelia Pulcheria Cross within wreath, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 444 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold Latin cross displayed at centre, enclosed within a finely rendered laurel wreath tied at the top with a decorative knot. The wreath is composed of two interlaced branches meeting symmetrically, framing the cross in the field. The mint mark CONOB appears in the exergue, denoting the Constantinople mint and the standard fineness of the gold coinage. |
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Aelia Pulcheria held a uniquely contested position in the Eastern court — officially a virgin consecrated to God, yet politically the power behind successive emperors, including her own brother Theodosius II. The tremissis denominations issued under her name during the 440s reflect her formal elevation to Augusta, a title she had held since 414 and used with practiced authority. She would go on to convene the Council of Chalcedon in 451, but by 444 her influence over doctrinal and dynastic affairs was already absolute.
RIC X 334 is among the scarcer tremisses of the Theodosian group from Constantinople.