★ A lovely follis of Helena ★

Helena, Augusta, 324-328/30. Follis (Silvered bronze, 20 mm, 3.41 g, 12 h), Alexandria, 325-326. FL HELENA AVGVSTA Diademed and draped bust of Helena to right. Rev. SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE / SMALA Securitas, veiled, standing front, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC 38. A sharply struck example with some traces of silvering. Extremely fine.

From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s, and from the collection of Dr. F. Sternberg, Sternberg I, 30 November-1 December 1973, 524 (part of), (with original ticket).