IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P (type I, A) (441 / 450)

DN THEODOSI - VS PF AVG

Bust of Theodosius II facing, cuirassed, wearing a helmet with crest and a pearl diadem. Holding a spear passing behind his head with the right hand and a decorated shield with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the left hand.

Constantinople seated left on a throne, holding a spear with the left hand and a globe surmounted by a cross with the right hand. A shield behind the throne and a star in the field to the left.

Photo of a coin sold the 07/04/2016 by Roma Numismatic Limited, Auction 11, lot 903, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3020693, link to their website: http://www.romanumismatics.com/.

Variant with a dot in the legend on the obverse. There are normally two types of legends (not counting breaks), the one without a dot and the one with dots: DN THEODOSIVSPFAVG. The dot in the legend of the coin illustrated here may possibly be a die break but it may more likely be an engraving error during the transition period to the dotted legend (if it does indeed follow the dotless strike).

Type I: with mark CONOB or COMOB (CONOB here) and the reverse legend usually ending before the shield. No punctuation on legend either side. A square throne, the right leg as a triangular protuberance, stiff drapery and vertical scepter. This corresponds to type III of RIC X. Var A is the same as RIC X: elongated and long shield.

See AYC #21, RIC 323: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/archives-anciennes/romaines-imperiales/imp-xxxxii-cos-xvii-p-p-type-i-a-441-450, for the commentary explaining the entire coinage.