COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
PULCHERIA, SISTER OF THEODOSIUS II, WIFE OF MARCIANUS
Mint of Constantinopolis
Semissis ca. 450. Obv. AEL PVLCH - ERIA AVG Draped bust with diadem to r. Rev. Chi-Rho in wreath. .CONSB¬. below. RIC 224. 2.24 g. Extremely rare (RIC R5). Cabinet piece. Brilliant uncirculated. Purchased from Bank Leu July 1990. At the time unpublished. According to Prof. Weiser one specimen known in London, one specimen in Turin (The Turin specimen being of very poor quality), one in the Tolstoi Collectioin and one was sold in Triton I.