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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Helena| > RL63757
St. Helena, Augusta, 8 November 324 - c. 330 A.D., Mother of Constantine the Great
|Helena|, |St.| |Helena,| |Augusta,| |8| |November| |324| |-| |c.| |330| |A.D.,| |Mother| |of| |Constantine| |the| |Great|, On 20 May 325, Constantine I summoned an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea (the First Council of Nicaea). The Nicene Creed declares that the members of the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) are equal. The council also decided that Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the 21st of March.
RL63757. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Cyzicus p. 647, 28 (R5); LRBC I 1169; SRCV IV 16623; Cohen VII 12; Hunter V p. 257, 12 var. (1st officina), EF, well centered, some silvering remains, 2nd officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, weight 3.085g, maximum diameter 17.7mm, die axis 135o, 324 - 325 A.D.; obverse FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right; reverse SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE (security of the Republic), Securitas standing half left, branch pointed down in right, raising pallium with left, SMKB in exergue; rare; SOLD










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FLHELENAAVGVSTA
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