GLOR ORVIS TERRAR (424 / 425)

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.

Theodosius II standing and facing, holding a decorated standard with the right hand and a globe surmounted by a cross with the left hand. A star in the left field.

Photo of a coin sold the 31/08/2011 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 263, lot 378, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1059042, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

Variant without jewel on the diadem. Unlike other officinas which almost always display the same decorations on the top or bottom of the standard, here we see variants with 3 dots or no dot above the standard. I could only find one coin with a jewel on the diadem, so the variations are seen on the type without jewel. Here are the variants:

Photo of a coin sold the 09/072014 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 330, lot 378, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3309337, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Sold later by ira & lary goldberg the 15 juin 2021, Auction 122, lot 1645 (the photo allows to better see the three dots above the banner).

Photo of a coin sold the 04/06/2012 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 90, lot 1021, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1306363, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/. Variant without dot above the standard. Sold later the 11/10/2017 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 249, lot 977. Then the 24/06/2018 by Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 4, lot 1078 and the 23/09/2018, Web Auction 5, lot 1150. And finally the 22/09/2022 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 25, lot 1096. Variant with no dot.