7-1973

RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 80], HELENA, UNLISTED MINTMARK

  

OBVERSE

FLHELENA-AVGVSTA [FL HELENA AVGVSTA]; bust r., diademed, mantled, with necklace.

REVERSE

SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE [SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE]; Securitas stg. l., lowering branch, raising robe with l. hand (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 750). SMNΔ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED MINTMARK. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 80 (NAC 38, lot 236, 4.45 g) except for SMNΔ in exergue instead of SMNΓ. Should be listed after NICOMEDIA 80.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.51 g. Coin sold on Aureo & Calicó auction "Imagines Imperatorum" (lot 321) in February 2012 for EUR 79,000; sold on Aureo & Calicó auction 300 (lot 200) in November 2017 for EUR 55,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski