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Live auction - brm_498304 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus

HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus MS
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 390 €
Maximum bid : 500 €
End of the sale : 30 October 2018 15:11:37
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur flan épais bien centré avec les grènetis complets. Magnifique buste d’Hélène. Revers finement détaillé. Très belle patine marron foncé. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du docteur S

Obverse


Obverse legend : FL HELENA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Hélène à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).
Obverse translation : “Flavia Helena Augusta” (Flavie Hélène augusta).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE/ -|-// STR(CROISSANT POINTÉ).
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


C’est l’une des dernières émissions d’Hélène pour l’atelier de Trèves.

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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