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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4761909, member: 85693&quot;]I have but one Helena - by the standards of my collection, it is fairly nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161270[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Helena&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(328-329 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Siscia Mint (Series 4)</b></p><p>FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE,</p><p>Securitas standing left, with branch and raising hem of robe.&nbsp; ЄSIS double-crescent in exergue </p><p>RIC Siscia 218; Sear 16610.</p><p>(3.19 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting lady, and interesting too that her sarcophagus exists:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagi_of_Helena_and_Constantina" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagi_of_Helena_and_Constantina" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagi_of_Helena_and_Constantina</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161271[/ATTACH]</p><p>By Jean-Pol GRANDMONT - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18541859" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18541859" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18541859</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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