Description: Helena (324 - 329 AD). AE4, Treveri mint 337-340 AD. FL IVL HELENAE AVG; diademed and draped bust right / PAX PVBLICA; Pax standing facing, head left, holding sceptre and branch; cross in left field, TRP in ex.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 1,3 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC VIII 42

Commentary: scarce with cross; light brown surfaces, flan chip,

History: Helena, probably by order of Constantine, was the first "relic hunter", searching the Near East for the artefacts of Judean and Christian religion and allegedly discovering the True Cross in Jerusalem.

Article Number: 054-02-08-41652