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 22/09/2004 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid sale 67, lot 1815, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=187746, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Coin from the Garth R. Drewry collection.

The officina a has been engraved above another letter. As Classical Numismatic Group indicates, it would be a letter  or G. In the second case a die with CONCORDIA AVGGG would therefore have been modified.

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.