332, Lot: 378. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Helena. As
nobilissima femina, AD 306-324. Æ Follis (18mm, 3.01 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 318-319. HELE NA N F, draped bust right / Eight-pointed star within laurel wreath; TSA. RIC VII 48 var. (mintmark as •TS•A•); LRBC 821. Good VF, dark green and brown patina, roughness on cheek and neck. Rare.
See lot 376 above for a similar issue of Fausta as nobilissima femina.