ROMAN COINS
IMPERIAL COINAGE
HELENA, mother of Constantine I, +328. Nummus, Arelate, about. 325-326. AE 3.46 g. FL A (sic !)ELENA - AVGVSTA Draped bust r., wearing large diadem and necklace. Rev. SECVRITAS - REI PVBLICAE Securitas, wearing long dress and veil, standing facing, head turned l., holding branch in her r. hand; in exergue, crescent between TA - RL. RIC VIII, 266, 299. Depeyrot, Arles 57, 36/14. Ph. Ferrando, L'atelier monétaire d'Arles (2010), 213, 754. Nice dark, olive green patina.
Extremely fine Provenance: Auction Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, Munich 52 (1990), 655