Details
LOT 3201
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-328/30.
Rome mint. FL AELENA (sic) AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing pearl necklace / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand; uncertain mintmark below. Cf. RIC 291. Extremely Fine. Sharp details.(2.88gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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