Do any Roman coins have Romulus & Remus?

I have a couple of wolf & twins coins!

Carausius antoninianus, barbarous


Claudius II antoninianus

 

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

 

@Gam3rBlake, I know that you've said that you don't really like bronze coins very much, and I generally prefer silver myself, but the fact remains that one can buy very nice VRBS ROMA coins showing the wolf and twins at very reasonable prices -- certainly under $100. Here's my example:

 

Some are rare and others are common.

 

There are several RR coins with W&T.


I bought this sextans and decided someone recently had improved it too much and returned it.

Mine is a bit off struck so the Wolf's rear is missing. Plus the small flan has only the top of ROMA on the coin. That said, I like it.
Roman Republican Anonymous As. 169-158 B.C.
AE, Uncial standard, Rome mint.
Obv - Laureate head of Janus; above, I
Rev - Prow of galley right; above, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; to right I; in ex [ROMA]

If you have a good imagination, you can see the wolf on the one As scale weight below.

 

Related to this thread is a 2008 photo showing the most well-known she-wolf. She’s housed in the Capitoline museums.


This bronze is Etruscan and dates from c. 500 B.C.E.


The Romulus and Remus are not original but are 15th century Renaissance additions attributed to Antonio Pollaiuolo.


The girl sitting on the steps was not impressed.

 

Shown before...

SHE-WOLF (on my desk)

 

I’m surprised the Romans never gave the she-wolf a name or attributed it to one of their gods. They believed many of their gods took animal form on certain occasions. Like Artemis taking the form of a deer that could outrun all others and Jupiter taking the form of a swan.

But they just call the wolf who suckled Romulus & Remus a “she-wolf” which is more of a description than a name.

 

this one is located in Chisinev it was a part of Italian Gift donated in 1921 then destroyed in 1944