brm_1076929 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan très légèrement décentré. Magnifique buste au droit et superbe revers. Patine aux reflets cuivrés
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/ -|-// PTRE.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) voilée debout à gauche, tenant un rameau baissé de la main droite et soutenant sa robe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Reipublice", (La Sécurité du bien public).
Commentary
Poids léger ! C’est l’une des dernières émissions d’Hélène pour l’atelier de Trèves.
Lightweight! This is one of Hélène's last issues for the Trier workshop.
Lightweight! This is one of Hélène's last issues for the Trier workshop.
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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