Live auction - brm_565779 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 176 € |
| Maximum bid : | 176 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 January 2020 15:21:43 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste, finement détaillé. Patine marron foncé
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/ -|-// P(CROISSANT)T.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) voilée, debout à gauche, tenant un rameau baissé de la main droite et soulevant sa robe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Reipublice", (La Sécurité du bien public).
Commentary
La chevelure est retenue par un strophion (lanière). C’est l’avant-dernière émission avant la fermeture de l’atelier.
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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