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Helena
| Note | All RIC references are to Volume VII unless otherwise noted. | ||||
| Alexandria RIC 38 Sear'88 #3908 | Helena AE3. F L HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVLICE, Securitas standing left, SMALA in ex. RIC 38 of Alexandria, Cohen 11. | (13 examples) | ||
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| Alexandria RIC 53 | Helena Silvered AE Follis. 329-330 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed & draped bust right, hair in elaborate cioffure / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Helena standing left holding branch downwards, wreath to left, II to right, SMAL in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch RIC 67 | Helena AE Follis. 325-326 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed mantled bust right / SECVTITAS REIPVBLICAE, Securitas standing left holding branch & raising robe, (dot)SMANTS in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch RIC 80,I | Helena AE3. 327-328 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed bust right wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand, SMANTI in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch RIC 80,S | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed & mantled bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left with branch pointing down & raising robe; SMANTS in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch RIC 80 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust rt. / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Empress standing front, head lt., holding a branch, SMANTA in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch RIC 82 | Helena AE Follis. 328-329 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, mantled bust right with necklace, wearing ladder shaped diadem / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand; right field: officina letter D-epsilon; (dot)SMANT in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Arles RIC 278 | Helena AE3. 326-327 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled with necklace bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch & raising robe with right hand, T* in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Arles RIC VII 317 | Helena AE Follis, 3.15g; 21mm, 326-327 AD. Arles. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch. S-F across fields. Mintmark ARLT. RIC VII Arles 317. | Text | Image | |
| NOTE concerning Helena's PAX PVBLICA coins of Constantinople. The RIC numbers (33, 34, 38, 48, 49) differ depending on obverse break and whether the reverse legend ends with a dot, or not. Mintmark usually CONS Epsilon; RIC 49 is CONSQ | ||||
| Constantinople RIC VIII 33,E | Helena AE4. 337-340 AD. F L IVL HE-LENA AVG, diademed & mantled bust right / PAX PVBLICA•, Pax standing left, holding olive branch & transverse sceptre; CONSe. in ex. | Text | Image | |
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| Constantinople RIC VIII 33 | Helena AE4. 330 AD. F L IVL HE-LENA AVG, diademed & mantled bust right / PAX PVBLICA•, Pax standing left, holding olive branch & transverse sceptre; mintmark CONS Epsilon. LRBC 1046. | Text | Image | |
| Constantinople RIC VIII 34 | Helena AE3. FL IVL HEL-ENAE AVG, bust right wearing ornamental mantle and necklace, hair elaborately dressed, and broad hairband / PAX PVBLICA·, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre, CONSЄ in ex. | Text | Image | |
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| Constantinople RIC VIII 35 | Helena, AE4, Constantinople. FL IVL HELE-NAE AVG, draped bust right with broad diadem / PAX PV-BLICA dot, Pax standing left holding branch and sceptre. Mintmark CONS Epsilon. RIC VIII Constantinople 35. | Text | Image | |
| Constantinople Trau 3995 | Helena, AR Third-Siliqua. Struck by Constantine I, 303-337 AD. AR 12 mm, 1.10 g. Constantinople. from May 330. Diademed and draped bust of Helena right, wearing pearl necklace / Large K. RIC -, Collection Trau 3995. | Text | Image | |
| Cyzicus RIC 28 | Helena AE3. 324-325 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, draped bust right / SAECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Securitas standing left holding branch & hem of dress. Known mintmarks SMKA, SMKB, SMK gamma, SMK delta, SMK epsilon, SMKS. | Text | Image | |
| Cyzicus RIC 39 | Helena, mother of Constantine I. AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch, SMKA dot in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Cyzicus RIC 39v | Helena AE Follis. 325-326 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, mantled bust right with necklace, wearing band diadem decorated with string of pearls, hair crest / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising hem of robe. SMKA dot in ex. The reverse die was engraved with the wrong legend. The legend for this reverse type should be SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE. | Text | Image | |
| Cyzicus RIC 49 | Helena, AE Follis. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled bust right, wearing necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand. Mintmark dot SMK delta dot. RIC VII Cyzicus 49. | Text | Image | |
| Cyzicus RIC 54,E | Helena AE3 Follis. 324-325 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed draped bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, veiled Securitas standing left, holding branch, • to right, SMKE in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Cyzicus RIC 54 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed bust right wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand and raising robe with right hand. Mintmark: SMKD / · in right field. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 79,D | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed & mantled bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch pointing down, raising robe with right hand, SMHD in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 79 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed & mantled bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch pointing down, raising robe with right hand, SMHB in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 85 | Helena AE3. 326 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled with necklace bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch & raising hem of robe with right hand, SMHE dot in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 89 | Helena, AE follis, Heraclea. 326-327 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed bust right, wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand. Mintmark: dot SMH Epsilon dot. RIC VII Heraclea 89. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 89v | Helena, AE follis, Heraclea. 326-327 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed bust right, wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand. Mintmark: dot SMHB dot. Officina letter B unlisted in RIC. RIC VII Heraclea 89 var. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 110 | Helena AE3. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right in mantle & necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, the empress or Spes standing facing, looking left, head veiled, holding two children in her arms, star to right, SMHЄ in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Heraclea RIC 95 | Helena AE follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed & mantled bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch pointing down, raising robe with right hand; mintmark dot SMH Epsilon. | Text Text | Image Image | |
| London RIC VII 299 | Helena. AE Reduced Follis. 324-325 AD. London. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed, draped bust right / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising hem of robe. Mintmark: PLON. RIC VII London 299. | Text | Image | |
| Nicomedia RIC 95 | Helena, AE3, 325-326, Nicomedia, 18.4mm, 3.028g. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, mantled bust right, wearing diadem as broad band decorated with a single string of pearls / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head left, branch downward in right hand, raising robe with left. Mintmark SMN Gamma. RIC VII Nicomedia 95. | Text | Image | |
| Nicomedia RIC 95, Delta | Helena, AE follis, Nicomedia. 20mm, 3.9g. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, draped bust right with hair in Magnia Urbica fashion / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head left, branch downward in right hand, raising robe with left. Mintmark SMN delta. RIC VII Nicomedia 95. | Text | Image | |
| Nicomedia RIC 95 var | Helena, AE3 3.59 g; 18 mm, Nicomedia. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, draped bust right wearing broad band of pearls in hair / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing half left, branch pointed down in right, raising hem of robe with left. Mintmark SMN. RIC VII Antioch 95 var (no officina letter in mintmark). | Text | Image | |
| Nicomedia RIC 129 | Helena, AE3, 325-326, Nicomedia, 18mm x 19mm, 2.90g. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, Pearl-diademed, mantled bust right, wearing pearl necklace, Magnia Urbica fashion hair style, diadem as broad band decorated with a single string of pearls / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head left, branch downward in right hand, raising robe with left. Mintmark MNS. RIC VII, Nicomedia 129. | Text | Image | |
| Nicomedia RIC 148 | Helena, AE Small Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand, ND in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Nicomedia RIC 159 | Helena AE3. 327-329 AD. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, mantled bust right with narrow diadem (no pearls) / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch & hem of robe, SMND in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Rome RIC 291 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, mantled bust right, head bare with waved hair / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand, R(wreath)Q in ex. | Text | Image | |
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| Sirmium RIC 54 | Helena AE3. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Diademed, mantled bust with necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising robe, SIRM in ex. | Text | Image | |
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| Siscia RIC VII 204 | Helena, AE Follis, 3.04 gr, 20.02 mm. Siscia. 326-327 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed, draped bust right / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand. RIC VII Siscia 204; cf Sear 3908. | Text | Image | |
| Siscia RIC 218 | Helena AE3. AD 328-329. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled with necklace bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch & raising hem of robe with right hand, GSIS crescent in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Thessalonica RIC 50 Sear'88 #3909 | Helena AE3. 318-319 AD. HELE-NA N F, draped bust right / anepigraphic, eight-pointed star in laurel wreath, no mintmark. RIC VII 50 of Thessalonica, Cohen 14, LRBC 821. | (2 examples) | ||
| Thessalonica RIC 50 | Helena AE Follis. 318-319 AD. HELENA AVG, draped bust right / Eight-pointed star in laurel wreath. LRBC 821. | Text | Image | |
| Thessalonica RIC 159 | Helena AE3. AD 326-328. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled with necklace bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch & raising hem of robe with right hand, SMTSA in ex. | Text | Image | |
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| Ticinum RIC 190 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right, in mantle & necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand, PT in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC VIII 42 | Helena AE4, 1.87 g, 14.59 mm. Trier. 337-340 AD. FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, mantled bust right, hair elaborately dressed / PA-X PV-BLICA, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Cross in left field. Mintmark TRP. RIC VIII Trier 42; cf Sear 3910. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 63 | Helena AE4. 337-340. FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, bust right wearing ornamental mantle, her hair elaborately dressed / PA-X PV-BLICA, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre, dot TRP dot in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 78 | Helena AE4. FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust right / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left with branch & sceptre. Mintmark TRP or TRS in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 90 | Helena AE3. 337-340 AD. FL IVL HELENAE AVG, bust right in ornamental mantle & necklace / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left holding branch & transverse sceptre. Mintmark TRP palm branch. | Text Text | Image Image | |
| Trier RIC 90v | Helena. AE4. 337-340 AD. Trier. FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, draped bust right wearing ornamental mantle, necklace and broad hairband / PA-X PV-BLICA, Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mintmark TRS palmbranch. RIC VIII Trier 90 var (headband), Sear 3910 var. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC VII 458 | Helena, AE follis, Trier. 324-325 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, mantled bust right, hair elaborately dressed / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand. Mintmark PTR. RIC VII Trier 458; Sear 3908, Van Meter 3. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 465 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch in right hand; PTR crescent in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 481 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch in right hand; mintmark STR dot in crescent. LRBC 35. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 481 var | Helena. AE Follis. Trier. Engraver's errors and unlisted officina. FL AELENA-AVGVSTA, draped bust right wearing ornamental mantle and necklace, hair elaborately dressed / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICA, Securitas standing left, holding branch and raising robe. Mintmark PTR dot. RIC VII Trier 481 var (obv + rev legends and unlisted officina). | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 508 | Helena AE Follis. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed bust right wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising hem of robe. Mintmark: PTRE. | Text | Image | |
| Trier RIC 515 | Helena. AE Follis. 327-328 AD. FL HELENA-AVGVSTA, diademed bust right, wearing mantle and necklace / SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand, dot STRE in ex. | Text | Image | |
| Sear 3910 | Helena AE4. Postumous issue. FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust right / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left. Cohen 4. | |||
| See also: | Helvetica's RIC list of Helena Coins (in the "Ladies" file) in Excel format | |||
| Coins of Helena at Aeqvitas.com | ||||
| Coins of Helena available from TimeLine Originals - www.time-lines.co.uk | ||||
| Coins of Helena at the Ancient Coin Forum | ||||
| Search for Helena at ImperialCoins.com | ||||
| Search for Helena at AncientImports.com | ||||
| Search for Helena at Incitatus Coins | ||||
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