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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4473988, member: 51347&quot;]Great write-up on mammies, and super coins, [USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] ...</p><p><br /></p><p>I might suggest that we not forget the mother of Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SHE-WOLF</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rr-anon-ae-sextans-217-215-bce-she-wolf-twins-eagle-syd-95-cr-39-3-s-609-scarce-jpg.1086145/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AE Sextans 217-215 BCE, Anonymous</p><p>Æ 29.5mm., 24.54g.</p><p>Obv: She-wolf suckling twins; in exergue, two pellets.</p><p>Rev. ROMA Eagle standing r., holding flower in beak; behind, two pellets.</p><p>Ref: Sydenham 95. RBW 107. Crawford 39/3.</p><p>Comment: Nice brown-green patina.</p><p><i>Ex: From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.</i></p><p><i>Ex: Naville Numismatics</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...and the mother of Athens:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ATHENA</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-5-2_13-0-35-png.1110572/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Athens (Attica), </b></p><p><b>454-404 BC, </b></p><p><b>silver hemidrachm, 16mm, 2.08g</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Helmeted head of Athena w/ frontal eye r., wearing disc earring and pearl necklace</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Owl w/ wings closed, standing facing between olive branches, Greek &#039;A-TH-E&#039; (counterclockwise)</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Krol 12; HGC 4, 1641; Cop 70; SG 2528</p><p><b>Comment:</b> A classical &quot;Athenian owl&quot; hemidrachm from the golden age of Athens - characteristic for the fully facing reverse owl. Appropriately, attributes of the eponymous city&#039;s great patron-goddess claim the whole coin. From an Italian collection, formed in the early 1990</p><p>Ex: Rudnik Numismatics[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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