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Live auction - brm_265303 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus

HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus AU
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Estimate : 600 €
Price : 280 €
Maximum bid : 320 €
End of the sale : 03 December 2019 15:16:23
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait particulier d’Hélène. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine noire légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny de mars 2004

Obverse


Obverse legend : HELE-NA N F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d’Hélène à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Helena Nobilissima Femina” (Hélène très noble femme).

Reverse


Reverse legend : TSA.
Reverse description : Étoile à huit rais dans une couronne fermée.

Commentary


Émission exceptionnelle de l’atelier de Thessalonique avec marque. Coiffure d’Hélène particulière.

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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