CONCORDIA AVGG (408 / 420)


Reference : AYC #16, RIC 360
Weight: 4.53 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

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

TESOB
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold on 10 june 2021 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 112, lot 922, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8202873, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/. It is the copy sold on 28 April 2003 by Auktionshaus, H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 71, lot 1103, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=128405. Another coin sold on 14 November 2013 by Heidelberg Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K., Auction 62, lot 309, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1751504. It is the copy sold on 16 May 2013 by Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K., Auction 61, lot 272. One more coin has been sold on 28 April 2003 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 71, lot 1131, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=128406. Note the copy sold on 25 November 2002 by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 112, lot 926, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=116031.

Series with TESOB mark. Variant with decorated shield with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the left hand.

A coin with probably several retouches around the letters of the legend. The engraving is clumsy and it reads PC instead of PF and CONCORPI. Coin sold on 13 October 2012 by Helios Numismatik GmbH, Auction 8, lot 115, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1384527.

These coins from this mint all seem to have a spear depicted without a tip.