Theodora

Flavia Maximiana Theodora was the stepdaughter of Maximian. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292, and praetorian prefect under Diocletian. In 293, Theodora married Flavius Valerius Julius Constantius (later known as Constantius Chlorus), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena, to strengthen his political position. The couple had six children:

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Theodora 'Pietas and Infants' AE4 017059

Theodora 'Pietas and Infants' AE4
Bronze, 1.31 grams, 14.35 mm. Trier. 337-340 AD. Obverse: FL MAX THEO-DORAE AVG, bust right wearing plain mantle and necklace, hair elaborately dressed with a plait encircling her head. Reverse: PIETAS-ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, carrying an infant at her breast, mintmark TRP palm branch in exergue. RIC VIII Trier 91; Sear 3911. Good fine and better.

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Theodora 'Pietas and Infants' AE4 017059


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