Pseudo-Imperial, uncertain AV Solidus. In the name of Theodosius II, after AD 423. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarters facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / VOT XX MVLT XXX Z (sic), Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in upper left field, COИOB in exergue. Lacam -; MEC -; for prototype, cf. RIC X 225 and Depeyrot 75/a. 4.48g, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Unpublished and possibly unique.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostrum Hoard (1954).