brm_219098 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 45.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 325-326
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine vert foncé granuleuse
Catalogue references :
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// SMHB.
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
Poids léger. Chevelure ramenée en arrière. Collier de perles.
Lightweight. Swept-back hair. Pearl necklace.
Lightweight. Swept-back hair. Pearl necklace.
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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