IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P (type I - II, 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.

Photo of a coin sold on 07 December 2025 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 159, lot 983, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=15554056, link to their website: https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.

A fourrée coin with a single error in the legend: IIIP instead of IMP. The style is slightly degenerate but resembles certain official productions with a similarly degenerate style. It is even possible that a barbarous engraver working officially, after gaining sufficient experience, created these counterfeit dies.

I classify this coin as a transitional type between Type I and Type II. It has elements of Type I: the legend ending before the shield and a Type A shield not found in Type II. And the design corresponds to Type II.