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brm_227821 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus

HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus AU
75.00 €(Approx. 81.75$ | 63.00£)
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 325-326
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et légèrement ovale. Portrait très particulier. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A-M Schmitt-Cadet

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// SMANTS.
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


Chevelure très particulière élaborée avec un bandeau simple dans les cheveux. Double collier de perles.

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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