Details
LOT 3566
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, holding branch; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 129. Good Very Fine.(2.61gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
