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 13/10/2014 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 224, lot 716, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2157306.

This coin comes from a modification of a die created between 402 and 403 of type CONCORDIA AVGGG. The letter G has been modified to a officina letter . One may wonder, because of lack of a photo of sufficient quality, if the coin referenced and illustrated in the ''Catalog of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection'' (DOC), plate 12, n°315; would not actually be a similar modification G / .  

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.