v32_0638 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 183.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 183.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 183.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 183.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Émilie, Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 16e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien centré sur un flan large. Magnifique portrait d’une grande finesse et d’un style particulier. Superbe coiffure. Superbe revers. Patine marron foncé avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL HELENA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Hélène à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Flavia Helena Augusta", (Flavie Hélène augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE// S(CROISSANT)T.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) voilée, debout à gauche, tenant un rameau baissé de la main droite et soulevant sa robe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Reipublice", (La Sécurité du bien public).
Commentary
Poids léger. C’est l’avant-dernière émission avant la fermeture de l’atelier.
Lightweight. This is the penultimate show before the workshop closes.
Lightweight. This is the penultimate show before the workshop closes.
Historical background
HELENA
(+328)
Wife of Constantius I, mother of Constantine I - Augusta
Helena, mother of Constantine and first wife of Constantius Chlorus, received the title of augusta in 324. After the death of Fausta and Crispus, she went to the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, she discovered remains of the true cross and founded many institutions. She died in 328, was sanctified and entered in the calendar.
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