Sellers pic and description: A Helena AE3, diameter approx 17.5mm at widest. Reverse shows Securitas standing, lowering branch; reverse legend is SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE. Excellent condition (at least VF) with much silvering remaining.
That is a wonderful Helena... has a lot going for it. Mine is a bit more on the bargain side - but nice nonetheless. Helena. Mother of Constantine the Great and later St. Helena. 16 mm. FL IVL HELENAE AVG PAX PVBLICA CONSE Mint of Constantinople
Nice addition. Helena (324 - 330 A.D) Æ3 O: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right. R: SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left. Siscia Mint, 5th offcina 19mm 2.8g RIC 218
This Helena is a rare type of Helena A3, and the only type to call Helena 'Nobilissima Femina' EDITED: B/S/T is not allowed on general forums , use classifieds. Please read the rules! .
WOAH! @Pishpash , I had to turn the brightness down on my screen! GREAT coin and SUPER silvering! Mommy Dearest to the Con-man RI Helena mother Constantine AE Follis Securitas Nicomedia mint 325-326 CE 19mm 3.3g RIC-95 Sear 16619
Lovely example, @Pishpash ! Here's a posthumous issue by the sons of Constantine I commemorating the two wives (Helena and Theodora) of Constantius I (AD 305-306), their paternal grandfather. Helena died about eight years before this coin was issued. It's tiny. Helena, Augusta AD 324-328/330. Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.24 g, 13.4 mm. Trier, AD 337-340. Obv: FL IVL HELENAE AVG diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse scepter; in exergue TR S. Refs: RIC viii, p. 144, 78; LRBC I 119; Cohen 4; RCV 17492.
Glad you like it, wrote about it before here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dynastic-anepigraphic-issue-for-helena.332694/
Here's my Helena...great hairstyle on this one. Helena, mother of Constantine, Follis, Treveri circa 326 AE, 19mm, 2.25 g Diademed and draped bust r./ Rev. Securitas standing facing, head l., holding branch, RIC 481 Ex. Naville Numismatics, From the Cardinal Meisner (1933-2017) Collection
Oh wow, that's some sweet silvering on that coin @Pishpash ! Helena, Mother of Constantine I. AE Follis, 325-330 AD O: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Pearl-diademed and mantled bust right, wearing necklace. R:SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch pointing down; ∙ΓSIS in ex., Siscia mint, RIC 204. 20 mm, 2.6g
My latest Helena Helena - AE3 Obv:– FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Diademed, draped bust right Rev:– SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas, standing left, holding branch Minted in Alexandria (Wreath | B //SMAL). A.D. 327-328 Reference:– RIC VII Alexandria 48 (R4); LRBC 1417
