7-1073

RIC VII, ALEXANDRIA 38/40, HELENA, HYBRID

  

OBVERSE

FLHELENA-AVGVSTA [FL HELENA AVGVSTA]; bust r., bare head, waved hair, mantled.

REVERSE

SPESREIP-VBLICAE [SPES REIPVBLICAE]; Salus stg. to front, looking l., veiled, in her arms, two children. SMALA in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

HYBRID. Obverse ALEXANDRIA 38 with reverse ALEXANDRIA 40. But note that there is apparently portrait of Fausta on obverse, so this coin could be regarded as an engraver's error (wrong obv. legend).

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 38/39, HELENA, HYBRID

NOTES

Weight 3.61 g. Coin sold on Stack's October 2010 Coin Galleries (lot 239) for USD 230.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski