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 01/12/2013 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 10, lot 749, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1781961, link to their website: https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/. Another coin has been sold the 05/12/2011 by Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 4, lot 1101, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1161484. This coin shares the same dies as the copy sold the 14/09/2011 by Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 88, lot 1447, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1077992.

Variant with jewel on the diadem. The same kind of variant observed for Zeno with VICTORIA AVGGG type.

Note a similar coin in the Germanic style, probably created during the migrations. Coin sold the 12/07/2014 by Dr. Reinhard Fischer Auktionen, Auction 138, lot 71, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3978829. Sold again the 14/11/2014 by Reinhard Fischer Auktionen, Auction 140, lot 226. Another coin has been sold the 14/11/2014 by Reinhard Fischer Auktionen, Auction 140, lot 227. The two coins share the same dies.

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.