GLOR ORVIS TERRAR (424 / 425)


Reference : AYC #19 g, RIC 232
Weight: 4.46 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Scarcity: Not common
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N THEODO - SIVS 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.

GLOR ORVI - S TERRAR

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.

Marks

Z
CONOB
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 07/04/2016 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 11, lot 894, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3020684, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/. Sold later the 10/10/2016 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 241, lot 2771. 

Variant with jewel on the diadem. All the coins that I have been able to see share the same obverse die of which we observe remains of engraving under the letters T and H. One can also wonder if the officina letter was re-engraved. Below a coin with the same obverse die and a different reverse die with the officina letter perhaps re-engraved above another:

Photo of a coin sold the 05/12/2011 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1157406, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/.

Note a copy sold the 19/09/2001 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 58, lot 1405, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=87564. The coin shows the same obverse die associated with a third different reverse die but whose officina letter is not re-engraved.