CONCORDIA AVGG (408 / 420)

Bust of Theodosius II facing, cuirassed, wearing a helmet with crest and a pearl diadem. Holding a spear passing behind his head with the right hand and a decorated shield with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the left hand.

Constantinopolis seated on a throne with her head to the right, holding a scepter with her right hand and a globe surmounted by a victory with her left hand. Her right foot placed on a prow.

Photo of a coin sold on 05 January 2014 sold by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3030, lot 23988, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1823542, link to their website: https://www.ha.com/. Another coin has been sold on 08 December 2010 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 87, lot 900, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=905631. one more copy sold on 26 April 2005 by Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 382, lot 654, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=216048; coin already sold on 06 October 2004 by Spink, Sale 4018, lot 278, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=191168. Note the copy sold on 05 December 2002 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 24, lot 338, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=117731. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung sale 67, 1994, 867 (source nac).

Variant without jewel on the diadem. The same kind of variant observed for Zeno with VICTORIA AVGGG type. A coin with a portrait looking far to the right has been sold on 24 April 2020 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3083, lot 32177, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6945936.

A coin in a rather archaic style and similar to Visigothic productions:

Photo of a coin sold on 11 May 2018 by Leu Numismatik, Auction 2, lot 343, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4957491, link to their website: https://leunumismatik.com/.

I note a coin with an exceptional engraving, sold on 13 October 2014 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 224, lot 715, lien vers la vente: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2157305.

This series differs from the previous one by the presence of the star on the left on the reverse and a normal size bust. As for Zeno, we notice a finer portrait of the first years (397 / 402), while the portraits of the following series will become wider and Theodosius II will look more to the right, even if mixtures exist from 402. There is a wide variety of portrait styles for this series spanning many years.

Here is a Fourrée Solidus coin copying the same type and the same officina: 

Photo of a coin sold on 05 October 2011 by Classical Numismatic Group, Eletronic Auction 265, lot 405, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1101708, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Sold on 22 September 2016 by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 323, lot 2667, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3271672. Already sold on 18 February 2016 by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfoger, Auction 317, lot 2452.