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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: HELENA, 1st wife of Constantius I Chlorus, mother of Constantine I "the Great". AE3.
Obverse: F. L. HELENA AVGVSTA. Her diademed and draped bust to the right.
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising robe. SMHA in exergue.
Reference: RIC VII 79 Heraclea mint; Sear 3908. Grade: EF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Helena" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Helena see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.