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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R3146 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Helena; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 325-326 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.64 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3301. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Helena, wearing diadem, mantled with two-strand necklace, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and veiled, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and raising robe with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL HELENA AVCVSTA (Flavia Helena Augusta). Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICF (To the Security of the Republic). In Exergue: SMALA
Bibliography: RIC VII 38
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the SMALA in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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