66, Lot: 140. Estimate $75. Sold for $40. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HELENA, mother of Constantine I. Æ 16mm (1.51 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 330 AD. Diademed and mantled bust right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; CONS[officina] (off flan). RIC VIII 33; LRBC 1046. EF, olive patina, reverse slightly double-struck. Rare in this grade.

From the Paul McIlroy Collection.