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brm_623269 - HELENA Centenionalis ou Nummus

HELENA Centenionalis ou Nummus AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou Nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire avec un superbe buste et une jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
C.12  - RIC.85 (R2) - LRBC.879

Obverse

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE// SMHB°.
Reverse description : Securitas (La Sécurité) debout à gauche, voilée et drapée, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (La Sécurité de la République).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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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