CONCORDIA AVGGG (402 / 403)

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 illustrated in the ''Catalog of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks and in the Whittemore collection'', plate 12, n°296. Le RIC X did not reference any coin with a small bust for this officina but listed this same officina with a medium bust. The source given being the Dumbarton Oaks. Is it this copy? It seems very likely that the RIC X classified this coin in medium busts by mistake.

Variant with jewel on the diadem? The photo does not allow us to be sure.

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.