DescriptionSolid Sterling SilverDimensions: 7/8″ wide by 1 1/16″ high including FindingAelia Flaccilla 379 – 386 AD, was a Roman empress and the first wife of Roman Emperor Theodosius I. She was a true supporter and believer of the Nicene creed. St Gregory of Nyssa praises her Christian virtue and discusses her role as a “leader of justice” and “pillar of the Church”. Aelia Flaccilla tirelessly did works of charity and personally tended to the disabled. Her feast day is celebrated on September 14th.SH62376. Bronze maiorina, RIC IX Heraclea 13.2 (S), LRBC II 1956, SRCV V 20609, Cohen VIII 4, gVF, 2nd officina, Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey)Obverse: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed draped bust rightReverse: SALVS REIPVBLICAE (Salvation of the Republic), Victory (Nike) seated right, inscribing Christogram on shield set on column, SMHB in exergue The Christogram, a ligature of Chi (X) and Rho (P), the first two letters of Christ in Greek, was an early symbol for Christianity.
