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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Theodosius II| > SH53624
Theodosius II, 10 January 402 - 28 July 450 A.D.
|Theodosius| |II|, |Theodosius| |II,| |10| |January| |402| |-| |28| |July| |450| |A.D.|, RIC X 301 has five points, as does this specimen, however, the point after XVII is missing and an extra point appears after the final P. The only other attested example in RIC X with a misplaced point is in the footnotes on p.262 for an example of RIC X 295 with C.OS
SH53624. Gold solidus, RIC X Theodosius II 301 var, gVF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.476g, maximum diameter 21.2mm, die axis 180o, 441 - 450 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 IMP•XXXXII•COS XVII P•P••, Constantinopolis enthroned left, holding cross on globe and scepter, foot on a prow, left elbow resting on shield at her side, star left, COMOB in exergue; rare; SOLD










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