1951.31.4.37: Follis of Flavia Julia Helena, Antioch
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.37
- People
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Helena, Roman (r. 324 - 325 CE)
- Title
- Follis of Flavia Julia Helena, Antioch
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 325-326
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/100841
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.1 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: FL HELENA - AVGVSTA
- Reverse Inscription: SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RIC VII, 67, p. 689
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.37
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: clockwise from lower left, FL[AVIA] HELENA AVGVSTA (Flavia Helena, Augusta)
Rev.: clockwise from lower left, SECVRITIAS REIPVBLICE (Security of the State); in exergue S M ANT S (mintmark Antioch, workshop 2)
Publication History
- Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 58/fig. 16
Exhibition History
- Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
Verification Level
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