CONCORDIA AVGG (408 / 420)


Reference : AYC #9 b var, RIC 202
Weight: 4.49 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 21.00 mm
Scarcity: Common
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N THEODO - SIVS P F AVG

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.

CONCORDI - A AVGG

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.

Marks

no
CONOB
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 18/01/2017 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 389, lot 805, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3673894, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Photo of a coin sold the 07/12/2005 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 128, lot 423, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=270388, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Another coin ahs been sold the 10/05/2004 by Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 91, lot 751, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=169851. Note also the coin sold the 18/09/2003 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 332, lot 11335, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=143047. It is the copy already sold the 29/05/2003 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 326, lot 10465. 

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

I note a coin whose mark reads CONOR. Is this the same scenario as what I isolated with Zeno? Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 04/09/2009 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3004, lot 20090, link to the sale and their website: https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins/ancients-theodosius-ii/a/3004-20090.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515.

Several coins seem to have the officina letter no shaped like the letter G, this is the tip of the tool which forms a horizontal bar at the end. Coin sold the 06/10/2015 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 233, lot 2748, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2660973.

This type was used for an imitation of the Silk Road. Coin sold the 08/03/2004 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 130, lot 1760; resold by the same auction house the 06/10/2015, Auction 233, lot 1829, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2660054.

Photo of a coin sold the 04/09/2009 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3004, lot 20090, link to the sale and their website: https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins/ancients-theodosius-ii/a/3004-20090.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515.

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.