IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P (type II, 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.

Photo of a coin sold on 07 November 2016 par Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 102, lot 593, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3449124, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/. Coin resold on 21 December 2017 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 231751, lot 63141, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4645120, then resold by this same auction house on 24 April 2020, Auction 3083, lot 32175, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6945934.

Variant with omitting the legs for the letter M in IMP, resulting in I IIP. 

A coin sharing the same dies was sold on 21 October 2020 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 479, lot 223, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7430952. The blank is short: 19.00 mm, and the weight is very (too) low: 3.34 grams, which is 1 gram less than the normal weight. Is this a notation error, as the coin weighs 4.34 grams? Is it a modern forgery?

Type II: with the mark CONOB or COMOB (COMOB here) and the reverse legend generally ending at the level of the shield. No legend punctuation on the reverse. A square, upright throne, the right knee is rounded, natural drapery, and a vertical scepter. This corresponds to Type I of RIC X. Variant B is the same as RIC X: a smaller, rounder shield.