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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2964825, member: 36818&quot;]Thank you to the OP for sharing his cool coin and also for some historical background. I agree: LRBCs are relatively inexpensive in proportion to the amount of visual and historical interest attached to them. Here&#039;s my Helena, also with SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]726387[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Helena (mother of Constantine I)</b>; c. 250–330 CE (Augusta 306–30 CE). Æ3, Antioch mint, struck c. 327–8 CE; 20mm, 3.58g, 6h. C 12, cf. LRBC 1355 (SMANTA mintmark), RIC VII 80b (R5), Sear 16227. Obv: FL HELENA AVGVSTA; diademed and mantled bust right, wearing earrings and necklace. Rx: SECVRITAS – REIPVBLICE; Securitas standing left, lowering branch with right hand, raising hem of robe with left hand; SMANTB in exergue. Very rare with this mintmark, more common with • [dot] SMANTB.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection (misidentified by seller as from Heraclea mint but with SMANTI mintmark [Antioch]).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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