v31_0623 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,17 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers de joli style. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HELE-NA N F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d’Hélène à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Helena Nobilissima Femina”, (Hélène très noble femme).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Étoile à huit rais dans une couronne fermée.
Commentary
Émission exceptionnelle de l’atelier de Thessalonique sans marque.
Exceptional issue from the Thessaloniki workshop without mark
Exceptional issue from the Thessaloniki workshop without mark
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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