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The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire

COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE THEODOSIUS II, 408-450

Lot 32

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Solidus 408-420, Ravenna. Without officina letter.
Obv. DN THEODO - SIVS PF AVG Draped and cuirassed bust with pearl diadem to r.
Rev. VICTORI - A AVGGG Emperor standing to r. with labarum and globus with Victoriola, spurning captive with l. foot. R - V in field. COMOB in exergue.
RIC 1329. LRC349. Depeyrot7/3.
4.47 g. Very rare. Almost extremely fine.
Ex Auction Schenk-Behrens. Essen, December 1992. Lot 693.
Grierson/Mays LRC propose that this issue may have been struck by Johannes or Honorius in the name of Theodosius II.