CONCORDIA AVGG (408 / 420) - Numismatique

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

S

CONOB

Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 05/09/2012 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 286, lot 412, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1337415, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. It is the copy sold the 12/03/2012 by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 204, lot 900, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1216043.

Variant with jewel on the diadem. The same kind of variant observed for Zeno with VICTORIA AVGGG type. It seems to be the only officina whose variant with jewel is as common as the variant without. On all the other officinas, coins with jewels are less common.

A coin with an unusual decoration on the cuirass and with the rider on the shield having 3 points probably representing the head of the rider, that of the horse and a third point for? Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 06/09/2018 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3037, lot 30367, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5217058, lien vers leur site: https://www.ha.com/. It is the copy sold the 07/11/2016 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 102, lot 581, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3449112.

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.