brm_738208 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 327
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée avec de légères faiblesses au revers. Superbe buste d’Hélène finement détaillé. Patine grise
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/ -|-// .STRE.
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
Les cheveux sont retenus par un diadème. Collier de perles au cou. C’est la dernière émission d’Hélène pour l’atelier de Trèves. .
Her hair is held back by a tiara. A pearl necklace around her neck. This is Hélène's last work for the Trier studio.
Her hair is held back by a tiara. A pearl necklace around her neck. This is Hélène's last work for the Trier studio.
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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