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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 4740600, member: 76440&quot;]Some Roman Republican wolf and twins depictions from my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159006[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, The Republic.</p><p>Anonymous, 269-266 BCE.</p><p>AR Didrachm (7.28g; 21mm).</p><p>Uncertain mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Diademed head of youthful Hercules facing right, with lion skin and club over shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: She-Wolf suckling the twins, Romulus &amp; Remus; ROMANO in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 20/1; Sydenham 6; BMCRR (Romano-Campanian) 28-33.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Dr. Walter F. Stoeklin Collection [Nomos AG eSale 9 (25 Mar 2018) Lot 2]; Adolph Hess Auction (19 Dec 1933), Lot 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, The Republic.</p><p>Anonymous (Semilibral) Series, 217-215 BCE.</p><p>AE Sextans (25.91g; 29mm).</p><p>Uncertain Italian Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: She-wolf facing right, head turned left, suckling the twins, Romulus &amp; Remus; ●● (mark-of-value) below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Eagle facing right with flower in beak; ROMA to right; ●● (mark-of-value) behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 39/3; Sydenham 95; BMCRR (Romano-Campanian) 120-124; RBW 107.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Reinhold Faelton Collection [Stack&#039;s (20-2 Jan 1938) Lot 923]; Otto Helbing Auction (24 Oct 1927) Lot 3267.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159000[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome. The Republic.</p><p>Semilibral Reduction, 217-215 BCE.</p><p>Æ Sextans (24.15 grams; 30 mm).</p><p>Uncertain Italian Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>She-wolf facing right, head turned left, suckling the twins, Romulus &amp; Remus; ●● (mark-of-value) below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Eagle facing right with flower in beak; ROMA to right; ●● (mark-of-value) behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 39/3; Sydenham 95; BMCRR (Romano-Campanian) 120-124.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Goldberg 87 (15 Sep 2015), Lot 2084; Sternberg XXII (20-21 Nov 1989), Lot 173.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158999[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome. The Republic</p><p>Wolf and Twins Series, 169-158 BCE.</p><p>AE As (26.42g; 35mm).</p><p>Rome Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Janus; I (mark of value), above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Galley prow facing right; she-wolf suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus, above; I (mark of value) to right; ROMA below.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 183/1; Sydenham 297; BMCRR 514-6; RBW 775.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex SteveX6 Collection; CNG eSale 307, Lot 269; RBW duplicates (not in prior sales); purchased from Bank Leu (Jan 1985).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a lot more to say about each of these coins.&nbsp; Anyone interested in learning more about these coins can view my notes and thoughts at my FAC gallery here: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=34967" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=34967" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=34967</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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