CONCORDIA AVGG (397 / 402)

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 01/08/2019 by Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 60, lot 1118, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6168618, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/. Formerly sold the 10/03/2015 by Gorny  Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 229, lot 1657.

Another coin sold the 14/03/2011 by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=959178, link to their website: https://www.kuenker.de/en. One coin illustrated in the RIC X plate 1, n°9, source: New York, American Numismatic Society. I note that this coin shares the same reverse die as the copy of Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG. 

I note that the coin illustrated here and the one illustrated in the RIC X (different obverse dies) are the only two copies, all officinas combined, showing a jewel on the diadem. The variant with or without jewel on the diadem is also present on the series with star. The same also exists for Zeno.

This series is characterized by a small 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.