Powerful and prominent women have either appeared solo or accompanied by their monarch husband on coins throughout much of history. Cleopatra VII of Egypt appears on coins issued during her reign. The wives and daughters of various Roman emperors appear on coins throughout the empire. Byzantine emperors enthroned next to their likewise enthroned wives on coins attest to the influence of these spouses. There are also Byzantine coins on which an empress appears by herself.
What is unusual is a medieval
