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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Theodosius II| > SH65217
Theodosius II, 10 January 402 - 28 July 450 A.D.
|Theodosius| |II|, |Theodosius| |II,| |10| |January| |402| |-| |28| |July| |450| |A.D.|, Certificate of Authenticity issued by David R. Sear.

David Sear identifies the mint as "comitatensian (court) mint at Constantinople or in Asia Minor."
SH65217. Gold solidus, RIC X Theodosius II 292 and pl. 12; MIRB 33ba; DOCLR 414 - 425; Tolstoi 23 -24; Ratto 153 - 155, aEF, well centered, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.454g, maximum diameter 21.3mm, die axis 180o, c. 441 - 443 A.D.; obverse D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, helmeted bust facing, pearl diademed, cuirassed, spear in right over shoulder, shield on left arm decorated with a horseman riding down an enemy; reverse IMP·XXXXII·COS·XXII·P·P·, Constantinopolis enthroned left, globus cruciger in right hand, scepter in left hand, left foot on a prow, left elbow resting on shield at her side, star left, COMOB in exergue; rare (R2); SOLD










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