IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P (type I, B) (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.
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Coin sold on 07 May 2015 by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 309, lot 734, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2453297.
This coin corresponds to the RIC X 321 but with the B shield variant which does not exist for this number of the RIC X. The RIC X 321 furthermore does not exist, because this variant A has an incorrect reference and the coin illustrated on plate 13 has officina I and is not from the group III of the RIC X 321. See comments from AYC #21, RIC 323: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/archives-anciennes/romaines-imperiales/imp-xxxxii-cos-xvii-p-p-type-i-a-441450. So we have on this AYC #27, RIC - A Type I coin with variant B and the COMOB mint mark. It appears to be a very rare variant. This is the only example I have found that shares the characteristics of Type I, across all shield variants (A and B), with the COMOB mint mark. The figure on the reverse is tall and slender, the knee is triangular, and the legend ends approximately at the level of the shield (or before for Type I, but generally the legend often stops before or just at the beginning of the top of the shield, as on this coin).
Il existe deux autres monnaies, plus proches du type II avec le genou de forme ronde et un personnage plus petit etc.. mais avec la légende se terminant avant le bouclier. Voir le numéro suivant: AYC #27 hybride, RIC - .
Type I: with mark CONOB or COMOB (COMOB 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.