Attribution: RIC X 202 Constantinople
Date: AD 408-420
Obverse: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Theodosius II facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield in left decorated with horseman motif
Reverse: CONCORDI-A AVGG Γ, Constantinopolis seated, facing, head to right, foot on prow, holding scepter and Victory on globe, star in left field; CONOB in exergue
Size: 21.67mm
Weight: 4.43 grams
Rarity: 5
Description: XF-AU, very light marks in obverse fields, die shift at bottom of reverse. From the Eardley and Ethel Madsen Collection, co-publishers, along with David R Sear, of the Journal of the Society for Ancient Numismatics from 1969-2002.
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