GLORIA REIPVBLICAE (415)


Reference : AYC #20, RIC 207
Weight: 4.44 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Scarcity: Not common
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N THEODO - SIVS P F AVG

Bust of Theodosius II to the right, cuirassed, wearing crested helmet and pearl diadem. Holding a spear with the left hand and a shield decorated with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the right hand.

GLORIA – REI - PVBLICAE

Roma left facing Constantinopolis on the right also facing her. Both seated on a throne and each holding a scepter and a shield placed between them. The shield is inscribed with VOT _ XV _ MVL _ XX. Constantinopolis placing her right foot on a prow. A star in the left field.

Marks

CONOB
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 24/03/2021 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 21, lot 823, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7934428, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/. Ex: GK collection. Formerly Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 06/03/2017, Auction 244, lot 611 and Classical Numismatic Group, 05/01/2016, Triton XIX, lot 667 (informations given by Roma Numismatics Limited). 

Another coin with the same dies and with a double strike:

Photo of a coin sold the 30/09/2012 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 4, lot 694, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370846, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/. Coin already sold the 05/12/2002 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 24, lot 339; then the 10/03/2003 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 121, lot 524; then the 11/10/2004 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 133, lot 554.

Variant with pearl on the jewel at the top of the diadem. Another coin with the same obverse die and a different reverse die, sold the 24/03/2022 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 23, lot 718, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9259287. This coin displays a prow although the foot of Constantinopolis seems to be on the ground.

Several variants of shoulder decorations exist. Here is the other decoration I listed for the variant with pearl on the jewel (the coin illustrating this AYC #20, RIC 207 has a shoulder decoration type 2):

Photo of a coin sold the 16/05/2018 by Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 108, lot 697, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4971536, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Shoulder decoration type 1. Coin already sold the 14/04/2011 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3011, lot 485 (also Gemini LLC, 14/04/2011, Auction VIII, lot 485). And the 04/09/2012 by Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Auction 70, lot 3441. Note also two different coins, sharing the same obverse die but with two other different reverse dies. One coin sold the 06/05/2005 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 75, lot 972, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=218699. And a coin sold the 07/03/2005 by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=212400.