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Author Topic: Roman empress follis with Pax (?)  (Read 216 times)

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Offline Mateusz W

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Roman empress follis with Pax (?)
« on: March 22, 2023, 11:51:08 pm »
It reads as "IULIA" i think but dont know this one

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Re: Roman empress follis with Pax (?)
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2023, 02:44:55 am »

To me it reads: FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG

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Re: Roman empress follis with Pax (?)
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2023, 02:45:52 am »
Helena, mother of Constantine I

FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and mantled bust to right
PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre

 1/2 follis. 330 AD. Constantinople

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Re: Roman empress follis with Pax (?)
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2023, 08:20:23 am »
I hate to keep saying this, but it looks like a cast to me.  See what others think.

 

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