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 30/09/2014 by Auktionshaus H.D Rauch GmbH, Auction 95, lot 724, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2141915, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/. Another coin has been sold the 24/06/2010 by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 149, lot 537, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=813808. Another coin has been sold the 10/03/2009 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 176, lot 2642, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=589522.

Variant without jewel on the diadem. The same kind of variant observed for Zeno with VICTORIA AVGGG type. This coin shares the same reverse die as this copy:

Photo of a coin sold the 02/02/2014 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 12, lot 835, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1841097, link to their website: https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/. 

A coin showing a letter F of PF on the obverse looks like an E because of the engraving which forms a bar at each end of each letter. Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 08/01/2013 by Stack's Bowers Galleries, January 2013 N.Y.I.N.C, lot 2084, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1484028, link to their website: https://stacksbowers.com/.

I also report this coin sold the 10/03/2009 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 176, lot 2642, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=589522. We see a line in the center of the two letters D on the obverse and on the reverse suggesting a clumsy engraving mixing the letter B. In the case of a die break it would be strange to see the same type of break on both faces on the same letter.

Note a fourée coin sold the 14/10/2014 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 225, lot 2554, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2162532.

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.