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St. Helena, Augusta, 8 November 324 - c. 330 A.D., Mother of Constantine the Great
Helena is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches and famed for her piety. Her feast day as a saint of the Orthodox Christian Church is celebrated with her son on May 21, the "Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal to the Apostles." Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church falls on August 18. Her feast day in the Coptic Orthodox Church is on 9 Pashons. Eusebius records the details of her pilgrimage to Palestine and other eastern provinces (though not her discovery of the True Cross). She is the patron saint of new discoveries.BB87989. Billon centenionalis, Hunter V p. 258, 17 (also 2nd officina); RIC VII Alexandria p. 709, 38 (R3); LRBC I 1406; SRCV IV 16629; Cohen VII 12, F, well centered on a broad flan, brown and green patina scratches, 2nd officina, Alexandria mint, weight 20.5g, maximum diameter 2.966mm, die axis 0o, 325 - 326 A.D.; obverse FL HELENA AVGVSTA, pearl-diademed and mantled bust right wearing double necklace; reverse SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE (security of the Republic), Securitas standing half left, branch pointed downward in right hand, raising pallium with left hand, SMALB in exergue; rare; SOLD
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