brm_762272 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326-328
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, ovale, centré. Joli buste d’Hélène. Patine foncée
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/ -|-// SMTSA.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) debout à gauche, voilée et drapée, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Reipublice", (La Sécurité du bien public).
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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