Flipping back to the earlier part of the collection, is this solidus of Pulcheria (414-453), the daughter of Arcadius, sister of Theodosius II and "wife" of Marcian.  The "ladies" of the Late Roman Empire (330-478) are especially attractive to me.  The basic design beauty of these pieces is one of the attractions.  By looking at her image on the coin, you can imagine what she looked like and what someone of her status considered important.  Notice the pearls in her hair (a pearl diadem) and strands of pearls on her chest.  At the time, they had never heard of "cultured pearls" and pearls were symbols of great wealth and power.  With the Persian Gulf area being one of the traditional find spots for natural pearls it just makes sense that these would be desired trade items of the Late Roman/Byzantine Empire.

Secondly, notice the "Hand of God" placing a crown on her head and the Chi-Rho symbol on her shoulder (not to mention the Chi-Rho on the shield on the reverse).  The ladies of the Late Roman/Byzantine empires were generally much more openly religious than their male counterparts.  Also, there was a feeling through out the history of the Late Roman/Byzantine Empire that the Emperor (and his family) was divinely selected and therefore, God's representative on Earth.  Pulcheria, upon her death, gave all of her possessions to the poor of Constantinople, as her final act of charity.

This piece was made during the year 414 (on or after July 4th) to signify her position in the government.  With her brother Theodosius II being an extremely weak ruler, the "ladies" of his era, Pulcheria (his sister), Eudocia (his wife), Galla Placidia (mother of his son in law, Valentinian III) and Licinia Eudoxia (his daughter and wife of Valentinian III), were really the rulers of the era.  Many reforms where instituted that history has given credit to Theodosius II (because it is simpler), but in reality is was the "ladies" that surrounded him that guided much of that new legislation.  This piece weighs 4.48g and is RIC Volume 10, Number 206 with a rarity factor of R4.