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Lot 282

Estimate: 400 USD
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Helena. AE 4; Helena; Trier, 337-340 AD, AE 4, 1.26g. RIC-47, officina P=1 (R). Obv: FL IVL HE - LENAE AVG Bust r. Rx: PA - X PV - BLICA Pax standing l. holding branch and transverse scepter, .TRP in exergue. Helena, mother of Constantine I, had died in 328 or 329 AD. Her reappearance on the coinage with reverse Public Peace in 337-340 should be connected to the succession of her three grandchildren Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans in 337, after the assassination of Dalmatius, Hannibalianus, and other descendants of Constantine I\'s stepmother Theodora who were regarded as their potential rivals. See Kent, RIC VIII, pp. 7 and 33.A coin of this size for Helena usually comes in only excessively worn condition. This coin is absolutely mint state and we have never owned this coin in such condition.. MS
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