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 23/04/2014 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 325, lot 682, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3305379, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Another coin has been sold the 28/04/2003 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 71, lot 1138, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=128412. Another coin has been sold the 31/10/2011 by Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 369, lot 906, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=90255.

Variant without 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.

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.

I noticed that on all the officinas, the letter T of THEODOSIVS has often a curvature at its base which makes the letter look like an L. I note this copy with the officina S whose letter T is very L-shaped. This is the copy where the letter most closely resembles an L: coin sold the 12/12/2011 by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 153, lot 622, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1168917, link to their website: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1168917.

I note this coin below whose style seems visigothic to me and joins my work on an Aquitainia mint. Officina S is still the one imitated, as a reminder A and S are the two most copied dispensaries. 

Photo of a coin sold the 22/03/2014 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 7, lot 1341, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1896539, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

Still with the same officina, another coin with a different obverse die, showing that this reverse die is associated with two dies of the same style. This supports a probable Visigothic production outside of Constantinople. Here is the coin: 

Photo of a coin sold the 22/06/2022 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 232225, lot 64287, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9647387, link to their website: https://www.ha.com/. Picture from NGC Photo Vision, lien vers leur site: https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/photo-vision-plus/.