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E-auction 8-1736 - brm_097372 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 57 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 May 2013 17:29:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine sombre avec des reflets métalliques
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 Helena Augusta", (Flavia Helena Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE// STR(POINT DANS CROISSANT).
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 Reipublicæ”, (La Sécurité de la République).
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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