E-auction 75-36800 - brm_095648 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	36 €
Maximum bid :	46 €
End of the sale :	22 September 2014 15:21:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Centenionalis ou nummus

Date: 328

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,08 g.

Rarity : R3

Officine: 9e

Coments on the condition:

Très beau portrait. Patine vert olive foncé et sable

Catalogue references :

LRBC.- (cf. 1350 var.)

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// -|DE//SMANT.

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

Chez les païens, en grec, le chiffre neuf, c’est thêta, aussi l’initiale de thanatos, la mort, qui est remplacé par un delta et un epsilon pour totaliser ce chiffre.
Among the pagans, in Greek, the number nine is theta, also the initial of thanatos, death, which is replaced by a delta and an epsilon to total this number.