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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré. Magnifique portrait d’une grande finesse et d’un style particulier. Superbe coiffure. Superbe revers. Patine marron-gris 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
Avec des traces d’argenture superficielle. Un des dernières émissions pour l’atelier de Ticinum avant sa fermeture.
With traces of surface silvering. One of the last issues for the Ticinum workshop before its closure.
With traces of surface silvering. One of the last issues for the Ticinum workshop before its closure.
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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