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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4740249, member: 110350&quot;]I have two wolf &amp; twins coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I AR Antoninianus, 248 AD, Rome Mint, 2nd Officina. Obv. Radiate, draped, &amp; cuirassed bust right, IMP PHILIPPVS AVG/ Rev. She-wolf standing left, suckling twins Romulus and Remus, SAECVLARES AVGG; II in exergue.&nbsp; RIC IV-3 15, RSC IV 178, Sear RCV III 8957 (ill.). 22.75 mm., 4.72 g.&nbsp; (<i>Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome</i>.) (<i>Ex. Madroosi Collection [Joe Blazick]</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158968[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantine I, Billon reduced Centenionalis, Trier Mint 330-331 AD. Obv. VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma left/ Rev. She-wolf stg. left suckling twins (Romulus &amp; Remus), 2 stars above; TRP• [Trier, First officina] in exergue. RIC VII 529, Sear RCV IV 16487. 17 mm., 2.4 g. (<i>Found by metal detecting in Wiltshire, England, 2014</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158969[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158970[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a third coin, issued in an alternate timeline in which the she-wolf ate Romulus and Remus:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-number (L[in archaic form of upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89) behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 15 at pp. 92-97, BMCRR Rome 3209-3237 [<i>no entry for control no. 89; cf. 3236 (no. 99)</i>]. 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158971[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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