This lil fractional seemed to have a character all its own with the bust portrait and i picked it up for a song POST YOUR COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS! Helena centenionalis, Pax reverse circa 340 AD. 15mm, 1.05gms
I like it! Just a couple of lines.. the mouth/nose area that gives that bust character - an otherwise unattractive coin comes to life. Nice! Here is my Helena/PAX... rough coin but I was attracted to the hair detail (and the price of course!).
Here's mine with a Securitas reverse... Helena AE3 (19mm, 3.30g). Struck 326-327 AD Obv- FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Diademed and draped bust right. Rev- SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding olive branch in extended right hand.raising hem of robe with left hand. Mintmark dot ΓSIS dot. RIC VII Siscia 204; Sear 16609.
CONGRATS of the cool steal, @ominus1 ! I have only one Helena, and it is kinda gimpy: RI Helena mother Constantine AE Follis Securitas Nicomedia mint 325-326 CE 19mm 3.3g RIC-95 Sear 16619
An Helena grabbed for a song is something to go for anyday. I had to sing the whole record for mine.... Helena, AE3 - Heraclea mint, 5th officina FL HELENA AVGVSTA, draped and diademed bust right SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Helena standing left, holding branch and raising her dress. dot SMHE dot at exergue 2.9 gr Ref : Cohen # 12, LRBC # 879 Q
Nice coins everyone...... Just as a side note, a few years ago I worked on a small mint analysis, and interestingly there is one feature that seems to stand out only from the Siscia mint ?... The folds/creases of the clothing below the 'double strung necklace' and above the breast always seems to run vertically with wide creases whereas all the other mints run horizontally or steeply diagonally I'm not 100% on this but it might help attribute worn coins obviously using other indicators as well.... Any thoughts?
