Lupa Romana coins -- post yours!

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They are beautiful ..
Thank you for posting.. it is a pleasure just to view them

 

The first coin I acquired outside of my 12 Caesars focus was a Hadrian aureus with this reverse type:



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

 

Gorgeous!

 

Note the Chi Rho on the reverse. I think that this version is rare or at least seldom seen.

 

There's room for that one in my trays any day !!!

Q

 

If you have a good imagination, and I do, you can see the wolf on this one As Roman weight.

 

Not a coin, but here is a replica of the famous Lupa Capitolina, which Il Duce gave our city in 1931.

 

A new one from the Constantina/Arles mint, AD 331-2, RIC vii, p. 273, 368.

 

Those Remus and Romulus of Arles above look like gorillas. They don't seem to suck milk, but rather eating coconuts. Am I seeing right..Lol. ?

 

Sorry I missed this thread @Roman Collector !

I really enjoy your RR Lupa Heavy Denarius (yeah, tarriffed at 10 Asses) as well as @Cucumbor 's ! Great coins!

Cuke, I have always REALLY liked your Lupis Subset! Nice collection!

Here are some of my Wuffs!


RR Hd Juno Sospita R goat skin hddrss She-wolf R placing stick on fire eagle stndng fanning flames 45 BCE 19.0mm 4.07g Cr 472-1


RR Anon AR Denarius 115-114BCE Rome mint 19.52mm 3.82g ROMA X Seated r on shields spear birds she-wolf Romulus Remus Cr 287-1 S 164



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, CE 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



RI commem AE Follis Urbs ROMA She-wolf Rom Rem Stars RIC VII Lyons 242



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



RR Sextus Pompeius 137 BCE AR Den She-Wolf Rom Rem S112 Cr 235-1a



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


On my Desk...

 

Cilicia, Ninica-Claudiopolis, Maximinus I., AD 235-238
AE 30, 14.59g
Ref. SNG Levante 618; Levante Supp. 170 (this coin); SNG Paris 791; SNG von A
Aulock 5775

Best regards

 

That is a great example of the Ninica! Mine has a countermark star behind the head. What is that there on yours? I always liked the way they continued the obverse legend in a second row at the right.

 

I have always assumed that it is Howgego no. 338, eagle. r., head l.

Jochen

 

Amazing coins/wolves for sure:
Roma City Commemorative
Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint 330-331 AD
Obverse: VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma left wearing imperial mantle
Reverse: Romulus and Remus suckling from she-wolf, two stars above, (dot)SLG in exergue
References: RIC 247 -R3 Very Rare(not sure if they found a bunch of these in a hoard recently or not bumping it down in rarity? -the danger of thinking an LRB is rare)
Size: 17mm, 2.52g
@Alegandron - you posted one of these I think with dot-slg- wildwinds says they are very rare- maybe not? if two show up here at random

 

Yeah, I believe I had seen these as “rare”. However, I don’t know a lot about LRB’s, except that they made BUNCHES of them. Ergo, I don’t describe it as rare.

That said, it is nice to HAVE a rare one. Lastly, it IS conceivable that you and I hold the few, as the internet communication makes the world smaller.

 

Wow! AE30.

Here is the smallest I have seen:


Helena imitative AE 8mm 0.50g
Obv: Helena (The portrait could also be Fausta.)
Rev: Wolf and twins
Refs: None. No clue where it came from either!

 

LOL, wow, cool coin! Took me a moment, but got the reverse Rom and Rem under Lupa...

And, hey! LOL, References all check!