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 the 22/05/2002 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 60, lot 1952, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=102879, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Another coin sold the 31/08/2013 by Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 1, lot 567, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1658188. A tirhd coin has been sold the 22/04/2007 by A. Tkalec AG, Auction April 2007, lot 380, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=366810. One more coin has been sold the 23/09/2005 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Mail Bid Sale 9, lot 1383, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=243848.

Variant without jewel on the diadem. The same kind of variant observed for Zeno with VICTORIA AVGGG type.

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.