21-April: Happy Birthday ROME!

21-April-753 BCE... Romulus and Remus...

I thought that I would help celebrate Rome's Birthday 21-April, with one of their EARLIEST Silver Issues... A PRE-denarius Didrachm issue:


ROMAN REPUBLIC
Anonymous AR Didrachm (pre-denarius)
6.63g, 20mm, 12h
Rome mint, 234-231 BC
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev: Horse prancing left, ROMA above.
Ref: Sear 28; Crawford 26/1; RSC 37.

Please post ANY Roman Coin that you feel befits their birthday today!
Brian

 

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Beautiful horse on that one Brian!

Here's my contribution.



Domitian as Caesar
AR Denarius
Rome Mint, 77-78 AD
RIC V961 (C2), BMC V240, RSC 51
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: COS V high across field; Wolf and twins; in exergue, boat

 

Another year has gone by ALREADY!!!

Well, my less than perfect example of the 'Rape of the Sabines' seems appropriate.


LOVE that Didrachm @Alegandron !!!!

 

Two excellent representative coins Gentlemen! Very nice!

I was going to do a big write up on the founding and thought that it would had been too much. Just post some of your cool Roman coins, and let's enjoy the show!

 

happy birthday rome!



lets have some cake!

 

Awesome coin Mikey!

Have you read Mary Beard's SPQR? She has quite an interesting chapter about that episode in Roman history.

 

Thanks 'V', the 'flaws' otherwise made it affordable for me and my budget..

I haven't read 'SPQR that I can recall (I've 'reread' books I can't recall LOL), but it's another I will shortly...I just took out a few additional books from the library and will continue doing so every couple of weeks. So, please PM me guys with any and all recommendations

 

Happy Birthday, Rome!

Antoninus Pius celebrated the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rome. As a run up to the celebrations, he issued a series of coins depicting various evocative scenes from the founding myths of Rome.

I'm glad there's an annual reason for me to show these two coins. I count them amongst my favourites .


ANTONINUS PIUS, AE As. 11.02g, 28.6mm. RIC 733.
Aeneas was a Trojan hero who escaped the fall of Troy. He journeyed with his followers to Latium, where a divine dream led him to found a new settlement at a site where he came across a white sow suckling her young by a river under an oak tree. On his way, he had a little fling with Dido, founder and queen of Carthage, whom he subsequently abandoned. It's perhaps no surprise then that when Aeneas's descendants went on found Rome that there would be a little bit of bad blood between the two great powers.


ANTONINUS PIUS, AE As. 11.34g, 27.8mm. RIC 694a.
This one shows the parental units of Romulus and Remus about to discuss some family planning. Rhea Silvia was a vestal virgin, daughter of Numitor, the King of Alba Longa, and a descendant of Aeneas. Mars was the Roman god of war.

 

LOL, Awesome! Well said.

 

They would be my favorites too...Just fantastic 'Z' !!!

 

Here is a coin issued by Otacilia Severa commemorating the 100th anniversary of Rome. Happy Birthday ROME!


Otacilia Severa
Rome mint, 248 AD
AR antoninianus
Obv: OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent
Rev: SAECVLARES AVGG,Hippopotamus right;IIII in exergue
Ref: RICIV 116b, RSC 64.

 

The horse is what attracted me to the coin... then I saw the hair details and other details that were struck reasonably well.

 

LOL, WOW! I LIKE that Hippo!!! Smiling and enjoying the Rome b'day! That was 1000 yrs?

 

Yes, a minor typo, 1000 years is correct.

 

You should have went for it!

That is a stunning coin @Alegandron !

Here's a birthday coin for you Rome:

 

Something a little different:

Municipal Coinage of Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom
AE half-follis
Obv: IMVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right
Rev: She-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, XX in ex
Mint: Rome (struck 498-526 AD)
Ref: BMC 30

 

@Alegandron, I forgot to mention how much I love that pre-denarius didrachm...it is stunning!!

And others have made great contributions to this thread, nice coins everyone!

 

One of my earliest RR coins. Happy Birthday Roma


TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right
REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above
Struck at Rome 137 BC
3.7g, 18mm
Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1

 

I always loved the Oath Scene... very solemn

 

Me too !! I went after one a few months ago but went down in flames. (Hey I was Air Force LOL).

Wonderful coin @Bing !!!