1072950 | BYZANTINE. Aelia Pulcheria. (Empress, 450-453 AD). Struck 414-453 AD. AV Solidus. NGC Ch. MS (Choice Mint State) Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5. Constantinople. 4.46gm. AEL PVLCH - ERIA AVG. Pearl diademed and draped bust of Aelia Pulcheria right wearing necklace and earring, hair elaborately weaved, tucked under diadem and crowned with wreath by hand of God (Manus Dei) reaching down from above / VOT XXX - MVLT XXX, H// CONOB in exergue. Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; no star in field. S-21251; DOC 437; Depeyrot p. 252, 74/3.

Ex Nomos AG, Auction 1 (6 May 2009) Lot 176 (CHF 32,500 hammer) where described as "A perfect, lustrous example. FDC.".


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Aelia Pulcheria was the daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia and the elder sister of Theodosius. She was the driving force that dominated the political scene in the Eastern Empire over much of her lifetime. Pulcheria took upon herself the roll of of her brother's protector. In 450 AD after her brother Theodosius was killed in a horse accident, she ruled as sole empress until she married Marcian and died in 453 AD.