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A billon follis of the empress Helena with a reverse showing Securitas Coin Type: Billon AE3 of Helena, Augusta 324-380 CE
Mint and Date: Constantinople, officina 3; 328-329 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.31g
Obverse: FL HELENA AVGVSTA
Pearl-diademed, mantled bust right, single pearl necklace, hair brushed straight, looped toward bottom, top looped over top of diadem.
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE
Securitas standing facing, head left, branch downward in right hand, fold of skirt in left hand.
Exergue: ΓSIS (double crescent)
Provenance: Beast Coins (Vcoins), August 2006; ex Vel Garnett collection.
Ref: RIC VII Siscia 218
BW Ref: 006 025 086
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