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Solidus - Theodosius II CONCORDIA AVGG, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 411 |
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| Value | Solidus (1) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal military bust of Emperor Theodosius II, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed, with the head turned very slightly to the right. The emperor holds a spear over his right shoulder and carries a shield in his left hand, the shield's boss decorated with a horseman motif. The legend encircles the bust, with a break at the base consistent with the standard Theodosian solidus format. The effigy reflects the hieratic, formal portraiture characteristic of early fifth-century Eastern Roman imperial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG (Translation: Our Lord Theodosius, Pious and Blessed August) |
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Theodosius II was ten years old in 411. The solidus bearing his name was struck under the effective authority of the praetorian prefect Anthemius, who governed the East while simultaneously ordering the reconstruction of Constantinople's land walls — the Theodosian Walls begun that same year, financed in part through the fiscal infrastructure these coins embodied. The CONCORDIA AVGG type invoked collegial harmony between the Eastern and Western courts at a moment when the Western empire was in acute crisis: Alaric had sacked Rome the previous year, and the usurper Priscus Attalus was only recently deposed.