How many Wolf and Twins coins do you have?

I ran across an interesting video today looking for information on Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.


The clip shows several Wolf & Twins and ROMVLO - CONDITORI coins. I do not have any of the RC coins. I had to do a bit of searching to find that ROMVLO - CONDITORI was about the restoration of the site where Romulus read the auspices for the founding of Rome.
I have 3 RR and 1 LRB W&T coins, my As -


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I have four of the constantinian types.

 

I have read the story of R&R, but did not remember Rhea Silvia's name. According to Wikipedia:

Rhea Silvia (also written as Rea Silvia or Ilia /ˈɪliə) was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. Her story is told in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita of Livy and in fragments from Ennius, Annales and Fabius Pictor.
According to Livy's account of the legend she was the daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa, and descended from Aeneas. Numitor's younger brother Amulius seized the throne and killed Numitor's son, then forced Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin, a priestess of the goddess Vesta. As Vestal Virgins were sworn to celibacy for a period of thirty years, this would ensure the line of Numitor had no heirs.
However, Rhea Silvia conceived and gave birth to the twins Romulus and Remus. She claimed that the god Mars was the father of the children. Livy says that she was raped by an unknown man, but "declared Mars to be the father of her illegitimate offspring, either because she really imagined it to be the case, or because it was less discreditable to have committed such an offence with a god."
When Amulius learned of the birth he imprisoned Rhea Silvia and ordered a servant to kill the twins. But the servant showed mercy and set them adrift on the river Tiber, which, overflowing, left the infants in a pool by the bank. There, a she-wolf (lupa), who had just lost her own cubs, suckled them. Subsequently Faustulus rescued the boys, to be raised by his wife Larentia. The god of the Tiber, Tiberinus, rescued Rhea Silvia and took her to be his bride.
Romulus would go on to found Rome, overthrow Amulius, and reinstate Numitor as King of Alba Longa.

Mars advancing on Rhea Silvia from museum in Rome.

 

Only one wolf and twins:

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
Date: 498-526 AD
Ref: BMC 30

 

I have only one wolf and twins coin. I was wondering how to catalog it. I bought it from a dealer's junk box and don't know how to catalog it.


Imitative AE 8mm 0.50g
Helena? (The portrait could also be Fausta.)

 

Not a wolf and twins but like that Mars advancing on Rhea Silvia scene from the pic of the sarcophagus above (only without all the onlookers - geesh)...


ANTONINUS PIUS
AE As. 11.34g, 27.8mm. Rome mint, 140 AD. RIC 694a. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right. R: TR POT COS III SC, Mars right, holding spear and shield, descendingthrough the air toward sleeping Rhea Silvia.
Notes: part of a series struck to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rome.

 

I have a few, Lupa Romana being the theme of one of my sub-sets. Here are some


Republic, Didrachm Rome mint c. 269-266 BC
No legend, Diademed head of young Hercules right, with club and lion's skin over shoulder
ROMANO, She wolf right, suckling Romulus and Remus
7.29 gr
Ref : RCV # 24, RSC # 8



S. Pompeius Fostlus, Denarius Rome mint, 137 BC
Helmeted head of Roma right, X below chin, jug behind head
SEX PO [FOSTLVS] She wolf suckling Remus and Romulus, fig tree in background, the shepherd Faustulus behind. ROMA at exergue
3,73 gr
Ref : RCV # 112 var, RSC Pompeia # 1a, Crawford # 235/1c



Philippus I, Antoninianus Rome mint, AD 248, 2nd officina
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
SAECVLARES AVGG, She wolf left, suckling Romulus and Remus, II at exergue
3.7 gr
Ref : RCV # 8957, RIC # 15, Cohen # 178



Gallienus, Antoninianus Antioch mint, AD 265-266
GALLIENVS AVG radiate head left
AETERNITAS AVG she wolf standing right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus. Branch at exergue
3,9 gr, 20 mm
Ref : RIC V-1 # 628, Göbl # 1628a



Maxentius, Follis Ostia mint, 3rd officina AD 309
IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, Laureate head of Maxentius right
AET ERNITAS AVGN, Dioscuri facing each other, holding their horse by bridle. Between them she wolf suckling Remus and Romulus. MOSTΓ at exergue
7.43 gr
Ref : Cohen # 10, RCV # 14976 (100), RIC VI # 16



Urbs Roma, AE 3 Lyon mint, 1st officina, ca. AD 332
VRBS ROMA, Helmeted Roma left
Anepigraph, She wolf suckling twins Remus and Romulus, two stars in field, Crescent dot PLG at exergue
2.86 gr
Ref : Bastien # 221, RIC # 257

Note the die clash on the reverse, the remains of ROMA backwards and the rear of Roma's helmet being visible

Q

 

Struck in Laodicea, this coin of Macrinus shows the she-wolf suckling the Roman twins. BMC 97.

 

Dooooooaahhh...that Didrachm, Cuke!

I have a few Wolfs - small pack (yeah without the silly "v")


RI ROMA CE 330-331Commem AE Follis 2.6g 20x16mm Lugdunum VRBS ROMA She-wolf Twins Stars RIC VII 247


Rome VRBS ROMA commem 330-331 CE Æ reduced centenionalis, 16mm, 2.5g, 12h; Trier mint, AD 330-331 She-wolf RIC VII 529


RI URBS ROMA 223-336 CE Romulus Remus She-wolf S R Alexandria mint AE 15mm 1.5g RIC VIII 8 C2 Rare


RR Anon AE Sextans 217-215 BCE She-Wolf Twins Eagle Syd 95 Cr 39/3 Sear 609


RI Commem Urbs Roma AE Follis Thessalonika 330-333 CE She-Wolf Rom-Rem stars Sear 16516R


RR Sextus Pompeius 137 BCE AR Den She-Wolf Rom Rem Sear 112 Cr 235/1a


RR Satrienus 77 BCE AR Denarius Mars She Wolf Sear 319 Craw 388/1


RI Maxentius 306-312 CE AE Folles Dioscuri holding their horses She-Wolf Obv-Rev

And this little brass Lady and her Sons are in my office...

 

I have two URBS ROMA and one Pius denarius:

 

Great coins all.

I have a couple LRBs but cant find my pics

 

I had a few;

 

What a fantastic myth -- one that I had never researched, despite having known the Romulus & Remus/Wolf story since grade school. And that frieze of Mars advancing on Rhea is a feast for the eyes.

Despite being widely available in many coins minted over hundreds of years, these coins never fail to make me stop and examine them more closely. In fact, it was one struck by Hadrian that first moved me outside my 12 Caesars collection:



HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.
AV Aureus (6.87 g.) Rome ca. 124 - 128 A.D. RIC II 193D
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Laureate bust right, drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. She-wolf stg. Left, suckling Romulus and Remus; COS above, III in exergue. Biaggi 598

Great coins, everyone!

 

Great aureus @IdesOfMarch01

This is a kind of dream coin of mine : always been thinking my first aureus would be of W&T type. One day....

Q

 

i only have a few LRB, and can't find my pictures of any of my pics either! who is running off my Randy and my pics!

 

I only have...it's the Constantinian variety:


Time of Constantine, 330-333 AD
AE, follis, 17mm, 2.2g; 6h; Trier, AD 333-334
Obv.: VRBS ROMA; helmeted bust of Roma wearing imperial mantle left
Rev.: She-wolf standing left, with Romulus and Remus suckling beneath, two stars above, wreath between
In Ex.: TRS

 

Golly, that picture startled me.

 

Here is one of mine.





Reverse is a bit better than the obverse. Of the four I have this is probably the best one. (Uncleaned hoards)

 

Wow, a beautiful gold piece there!