GLORIA REIPVBLICAE (415)

Bust of Theodosius II to the right, cuirassed, wearing crested helmet and pearl diadem. Holding a spear with the left hand and a shield decorated with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the right hand.

Roma left facing Constantinopolis on the right also facing her. Both seated on a throne and each holding a scepter and a shield placed between them. The shield is inscribed with VOT _ XV _ MVL _ XX. Constantinopolis placing her right foot on a prow. A star in the left field.

Photo of a coin sold on 24 March 2021 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 21, lot 823, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7934428, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/. Ex: GK collection. Formerly Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 06 March 2017, Auction 244, lot 611 and Classical Numismatic Group, 05 January 2016, Triton XIX, lot 667 (informations given by Roma Numismatics Limited). 

Another coin with the same dies and with a double strike:

Photo of a coin sold on 30 September 2012 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 4, lot 694, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370846, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/. Coin already sold on 05 December 2002 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 24, lot 339; then on 10 March 2003 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 121, lot 524; then on 11 October 2004 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 133, lot 554.

Variant with pearl on the jewel at the top of the diadem. Another coin with the same obverse die and a different reverse die, sold on 24 March 2022 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 23, lot 718, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9259287. This coin displays a prow although the foot of Constantinopolis seems to be on the ground.

Several variants of shoulder decorations exist. Here is the other decoration I listed for the variant with pearl on the jewel (the coin illustrating this AYC #20, RIC 207 has a shoulder decoration type 2):

Photo of a coin sold on 16 May 2018 by Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 108, lot 697, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4971536, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Shoulder decoration type 1. Coin already sold on 14 April 2011 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3011, lot 485 (also Gemini LLC, 14 April 2011, Auction VIII, lot 485). And on 04 September 2012 by Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Auction 70, lot 3441. Note also two different coins, sharing the same obverse die but with two other different reverse dies. One coin sold on 06 May 2005 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 75, lot 972, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=218699. And a coin sold on 07 March 2005 by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=212400.