Live auction - brm_265303 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 280 € |
| Maximum bid : | 320 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:16:23 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 319
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait particulier d’Hélène. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine noire légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny de mars 2004
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 : TSA.
Reverse description : Étoile à huit rais dans une couronne fermée.
Commentary
Émission exceptionnelle de l’atelier de Thessalonique avec marque. Coiffure d’Hélène particulière.
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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