Obverse: FL HELENA-AVGVSTA; Diademed and
Draped Bust Facing Right
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICA; Securitas
Standing Half Left, Branch Pointed Down in
Right Hand, Raising Pallium with Left; CONS
(in exergue)
Helena was the first wife of Constantius I and
mother of Constantine the Great. Although
exiled from the court of her husband prior to his
remarriage, her son restored her to public life
after the death of his father. Credited with
finding the relics of the True Cross, she is
venerated as a saint in both the Roman Catholic
and Eastern Orthodox churches.
