v31_0625 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 390.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 390.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326-327
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,24 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Portrait de toute beauté. Revers de style fin. Magnifique patine marron foncé lissée
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// .(GAMMA)SIS..
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
Collier de perles. Chevelure ramenée en arrière et tenue par un diadème clouté qui passe dans les cheveux.
Pearl necklace. Hair pulled back and held in place by a studded tiara that goes through the hair.
Pearl necklace. Hair pulled back and held in place by a studded tiara that goes through the hair.
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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