SINCONA Auction 37
The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire
COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE THEODOSIUS II, 408-450
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Description
Solidus 441-450. No officina letter.
Obv. D N THEODO - SIVS P F AVG Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, head turned slightly to r., spear over r. shoulder, shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. IMPXXXXII COS - XVII' P' P: Constantinopolis enthroned to l., holding cross on globus and sceptre, shield behind on r.. Star in l. field. COMOB in exergue.
RIC 313 var. LRC 414. MIRB 33.
4.20 g. Very rare. Very fine.
Last year of reign. It is debatable whether the two points afer the last P are both interpunktion or whether one of them is a loose decoration of the shield.
Purchased from Karla Schenk-Behrens, Essen, November 1969.