★ A wonderful portrait of Helena ★

Helena, Augusta, 324-328/30. Follis (Silvered bronze, 18 mm, 3.34 g, 11 h), Thessalonica, 326-328. FL HELENA AVGVSTA Diademed and draped bust of Helena to right. Rev. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE / SMTSA Securitas, veiled, standing front, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC 159. A perfectly centered and sharply struck example with a wonderful portrait. Very light roughness, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, Leu Web Auction 28, 9 December 2023, 322, privately acquired from Apollo Numismatics on 11 April 2012.