brm_961141 - HELENA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1ere
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie sur flan centré, aux bords irréguliers. De beaux détails des deux côtés. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Hélène à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L2).
Obverse translation : “Flaviæ Juliæ Helenæ Augustæ”, (À Flavie Julie Hélène Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX PV-BLICA// R*P.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) ou Hélène debout de face tournée à gauche, voilée et drapée, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Publica”, (La Paix publique).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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