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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Theodosius II| > SH05311
Theodosius II, 10 January 402 - 28 July 450 A.D.
|Theodosius| |II|, |Theodosius| |II,| |10| |January| |402| |-| |28| |July| |450| |A.D.|, In Spring 429, the Vandals, led by King Genseric invaded North Africa with a force of 80,000 men including Alans and Germanic tribesmen, with their families from the Iberian Peninsula. The Vandal fleet raided the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and blockaded the grain and oil supply to Italy.
SH05311. Gold solidus, RIC X Theodosius II 362, Choice VF, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 4.27g, maximum diameter 21.1mm, die axis 180o, 424 - 430 A.D.; obverse D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, helmeted bust facing, pearl diademed, cuirassed, spear in right over shoulder, shield decorated with a horseman riding down an enemy on his left arm; reverse GLOR ORVIS TERRAR, Theodosius standing facing holding standard and cross on globe, star left, TESOB in exergue; bold strike, full circle centering on both obverse and reverse, some scratches; rare; SOLD











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