Solidus - Theodosius II CONCORDIA AVGGG, Constantinopolis

Theodosius II was barely a child when this solidus was struck — he became Eastern emperor in 402 at the age of seven, with the Praetorian prefect Anthemius effectively running the government. The CONCORDIA AVGGG reverse type, invoking harmony among three Augusti, reflects the political fiction of coordinated rule between Theodosius II in the East, his father Arcadius, and Honorius in the West — a collegiate unity that existed largely on coinage rather than in practice.