RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [after 28], HELENA, UNLISTED ISSUE [HELENA AVGVSTA]

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); bust r., diademed, mantled, with necklace.
REVERSE	HELENAAV-GVSTA [HELENA AVGVSTA]; Victory std. l. on cippus, r. foot on prov (?), r. holding olive branch, l. cornucopiae. A in left field. CONS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC but seems to be connected with Constantiniana Dafne issue with an anepigraphic obverse which is also not attested in RIC. Coin should be listed after CONSTANTINOPLE 28. See also: CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA A CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA B CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Γ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Δ CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Є CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA S CONSTANTINOPLE [before 29], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE, OFFICINA Z

NOTES

Æ Fraction. Diameter 12 mm. From FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by imperatorat. Other specimens: - sold on Herrero auction 15 (lot 205) in May 2015 for EUR 350; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5440) in July 2023 for CHF 1,900; weight 1.45 g; diameter 16 mm [click for picture].