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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3868430, member: 75937"]Nothing says Rome more than this issue, in my opinion. Roma herself appears on the obverse in military garb, surrounded by VRBS ROMA, "City of Rome." The founding myth of the Roman people graces the back in the form of the Lupa Romana, the Roman she-wolf, and the twins Romulus and Remus. The two stars above them have been variously interpreted* as representing <i>aeternitas</i> and <i>translatio imperii</i>, or as Rome and Constantinople. The two interpretations are not mutually exclusive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022459[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022460[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*Fernando López Sánchez, "Julian and his coinage: a very Constantinian prince" in <i>Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate,</i> Nicholas Baker-Brian, Shaun Tougher, eds. Swansea, Classical Press of Wales, 2012, p. 174.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3868430, member: 75937"]Nothing says Rome more than this issue, in my opinion. Roma herself appears on the obverse in military garb, surrounded by VRBS ROMA, "City of Rome." The founding myth of the Roman people graces the back in the form of the Lupa Romana, the Roman she-wolf, and the twins Romulus and Remus. The two stars above them have been variously interpreted* as representing [I]aeternitas[/I] and [I]translatio imperii[/I], or as Rome and Constantinople. The two interpretations are not mutually exclusive. [ATTACH=full]1022459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1022460[/ATTACH] *Fernando López Sánchez, "Julian and his coinage: a very Constantinian prince" in [I]Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate,[/I] Nicholas Baker-Brian, Shaun Tougher, eds. Swansea, Classical Press of Wales, 2012, p. 174.[/QUOTE]
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