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.

One coin sold the 29/09/2016 by Harlan J.Berk Limited, Buy or Bid Sale 199, lot 12, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3379850. Formerly sold the 27/04/2016 by Harlan J. Berk Limited, Buy or Bid Sale 197, lot 16.

Variant with jewel on the diadem and the officina mark B inscribed above . This coin is linked by its reverse to the listed coin AYC #10, RIC - with the obverse legend D N THEODOSI - VS  P  F  AVG. One can think of a reverse die transferred to a campaign mint, the letter of officina was then modified due to a reduced workforce and then a new obverse die was created with the dots. Creating a new series. The other obverse die AYC #9 a Tr off was probably struck first before choosing to create the new die to distinctly mark the series.

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.