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

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.

Coin sold on 21 July 2017 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 231729, lot 63099, link to the sale and their website: https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-germanic-tribes-uncertain-ca-5th-century-ad-av-solidus-ms62-anacs/a/231729-63099.s?type=acsearch231729#. On this link: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4248549, it is noted ''withdrawn'', we must therefore wait for further information before confirming this number. It is possible that the coin is a modern forgery. We do not have the weight and diameter to make an initial assessment. Coin under slab ANACS. 

Variant with a degenerate style and reverse legend IIIP instead of IMP (noted IIIQ by the auction house, it seems to me that it is a poorly engraved letter P but still closer to a P than a Q) and the mark CONOB noted COIIOB. Despite its style and some errors in the legend and on the mark, it deviates very little from the numerous variants on this coinage and the quality of the engraving seems to rule out an isolated engraver copying circulating coins.

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.