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. Possibly unlisted officina but note that for this issue such difference in m.m. is listed under a separate number (cf. NICOMEDIA 72-75, NICOMEDIA 82-83 and NICOMEDIA 84-85). Type listed in Depeyrot (p. 127, no. 35/4) but m.m. SMNΔ is not attested. Should be listed after NICOMEDIA 80.

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Solidus. Weight 4.53 g; diameter 19.5 mm. 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; sold on Oslo Myntgalleri auction 41 (lot 907) in November 2025 for NOK 420,000.