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 22/06/2011 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 258, lot 484, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1033832, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Another coin sold the 07/12/2013 by Gerhard Hrisch Nachfolger, Auction 287, lot 2474, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1498937. Already sold the 17/02/2011 by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 271, lot 2594. Another coin has been sold the 15/10/2002 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, lot 2448, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=112623.

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

I note the coin of the same type illustrated in ''Catalog of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and in the Whittemore collection'', plate 12, n°317. The coin is of a Visigothic style. The copy sold the 15/02/2022 by Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auction 126, lot 834 also shows a Visigothic style, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9099220.

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.