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Contributor: Clay Dorminey.
Issuer: HELENA, 1st wife of Constantius I Chlorus, mother of Constantine I "the Great". AE3 (3.85g)
Obverse: FL HELENA AUGVSTA, her bust facing right.
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with right hand and raising robe with left; in exergue, SMALA.
Reference: RIC VII 38 Alexandria mint; Sear 3908. Grade: near mint.
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.