CONCORDIA AVGG (around 420 or a few after)
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.
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
One coin sold the 05/06/2014 by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 158, lot 681, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2016573, link to their website: https://www.lanz.com/.
I classify this coin with a unique number because it seems to me to be a late and perhaps transitory issue. Several elements support this hypothesis: the legend break on the obverse is purely intentional. The dots surround only the mention P F. However, we know that these dots are sometimes used as a kind of punctuation, example with Britannicus: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG F BRITANNICVS . In this example one can wonder why TI and CLAVDIVS are not separated by a dot... Probably a choice of the engraver. But in the case of Theodosius II it seems voluntary to surround P F with dots in order perhaps to highlight it. The style corresponds to the mint of Constantinople but the portrait is quite particular although made by an experienced Roman engraver, the presence of the star with 8 branches indicates that the reverse comes from Constantinople. If we look at the evolution of the portraits according to the issues and all points i detailed, we can consider that this large face looking to the right corresponds to a creation shortly before or after 420. Finally, note that the officina has been re-engraved, which therefore indicates that an old die has been modified to correspond to a new strike by a new officina. It is very probable that the old letter of officina is the letter if we look at the bottom of the new letter B we see a very straight and wide line which can only correspond to the letter . All the other letters that can display a line of this type are Z and H (H would then show only its two legs and the impression of a line would be created by the retouching) but in this case the top of the letter B would show the same shape type below it... Or this mean this letter H or Z was smaller than expect and not protrude on top of the letter B. So we see that the officina was certainly and that this change to B indicates a reduction in staff. So I think that this production of which only this copy remains, or in any case a very limited number if other copies were to appear, was very short and perhaps made in a campaign. 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.
We can note that there is no jewel on the diadem.