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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;old49er, post: 2964775, member: 78229&quot;]Hi all, I find these AE&nbsp; late Roman Bronze interesting and very affordable for the newer Ancient Coin collector like myself. These coins are drenched with History and it&#039;s fun to learn the interesting stories these coins can tell. </p><p><b>Helena</b>, or <b>Saint Helena</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Greek</a>: Ἁγία Ἑλένη, <i>Hagía Helénē</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow">Latin</a>: <i>Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta</i>; c. 250 – c. 330), was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_(honorific)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_(honorific)" rel="nofollow">Empress</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Roman Empire</a>, and mother of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" rel="nofollow">Constantine the Great</a>. Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenopolis,_Bithynia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenopolis,_Bithynia" rel="nofollow">Drepana</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia" rel="nofollow">Bithynia</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor" rel="nofollow">Asia Minor</a>, she became the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consort" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consort" rel="nofollow">consort</a> of the future <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_emperors" rel="nofollow">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus" rel="nofollow">Constantius Chlorus</a> (reigned 293–306) and the mother of the future Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" rel="nofollow">Constantine the Great</a> (reigned 306–337). She ranks as an important figure in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity" rel="nofollow">history of Christianity</a> and of the world due to her major influence on her son. In her final years, she made a religious tour of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_Palaestina" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_Palaestina" rel="nofollow">Syria Palaestina</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" rel="nofollow">Jerusalem</a>, during which she allegedly discovered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Cross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Cross" rel="nofollow">True Cross</a>. Pious beliefs also associate her to the foundation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Gardens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Gardens" rel="nofollow">Vatican Gardens</a>.[ATTACH=full]726375[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]726376[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Helena</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>A.D. 328- 329</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>18x19mm&nbsp; 3.4gm</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>FL HELENA AVGVSTA; diademed and draped bust right.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE; Securitas standing left, lowering branch, raising robe with right hand.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>In ex. SMNΓ</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>RIC VII Nicomedia 159</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Elena_Colosseo_Rome_Italy.jpg/320px-Elena_Colosseo_Rome_Italy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="http://www.romeacrosseurope.com/?p=3379#sthash.3qkw3JxA.dpbs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romeacrosseurope.com/?p=3379#sthash.3qkw3JxA.dpbs" rel="nofollow">http://www.romeacrosseurope.com/?p=3379#sthash.3qkw3JxA.dpbs</a> Feel free to share any you have. Would love to see them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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