CONCORDIA AVGGG (403 / 408)

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 10/04/2006 by Auktionshaus H.D Rauch GmbH, Auction 77, lot 700, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=290613, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/.

A jewel is present on the diadem.

This series is characterized by a medium bust size. This one is quite difficult to differentiate from the small bust. We will limit ourselves to observing the height at which the head rises and that the bust slightly exceeds the legend at the bottom, unlike the small bust which stops a little before. RIC X had not referenced bust size variants for this series with star and legend CONCORDIA AVGG. As for Zeno, we notice a finer portrait on 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.