CONCORDIA AVGG (408 / 420)


Reference : AYC #16 var, RIC 360
Weight: 4.47 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

 N THEOO - 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 :

One coin sold the 15/10/2012 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 207, lot 746, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1386016.

Series with TESOB mark. Variant with shield with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the left hand. I list this variant with the retrograde D letters. The letter F of P F on the obverse is composed of a circle with a vertical line below. The engraver must have been illiterate and had copied the legends visually without understanding.

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