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 13/05/2009 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 84, lot 945, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=613922, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/. Coin resold the 12/10/2009 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhnadlung, Auction 180, lot 465, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=675030. Another coin has been sold the 14/03/2013 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 211, lot 729, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1514200. One more coin sold the 10/03/2009 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 176, lot 2646, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=589526.

Variant with 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.