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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8309803, member: 91461&quot;]&quot;Happy Birthday to Rome. Happy Birthday to Rome. All roads lead here and if you lived here you&#039;d already be home.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s right, on this date in 753 BCE, Romulus founded Rome towards the end of the dark ages.</p><p>A few of the incidents that are often related to the founding are...</p><p><br /></p><p>The saving of the twins by the Wolfmother:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470856[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1470857[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470866[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Gallienus</u></b></p><p>253-268. Æ antoninianus (21.3 mm, 2.60 g, 11 h). Antioch mint, Struck A.D. 265-266. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head left / AETERNITAS AVG, Romulus and Remus suckling from a she-wolf, branch below. Göbl 1628a; RIC 628 var (head right). toned aVF, rough surfaces, silvered specs remain. Rare.</p><p>Ex: Zeus</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470868[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Macrinus</u></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Parium, Mysia</b> AE 23, SNG BnF 1503 var. A on rev.BMC Mysia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Çanakkale -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Hunt -, Weber -, aVF, well centered, some corrosion and light pitting, 6.787g, 22.6mm, 225o, Parium (Kemer, Canakkale, Turkey) mint, IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana) curving above, final A in exergue, She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twin infants Romulus and Remus ; <b>very rare</b></p><p>&quot;In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, fathered by the god of war, Mars. They were abandoned in the Tiber as infants. Faustulus, a shepherd, found the infants being suckled by the she-wolf (Lupa) at the foot of the Palatine Hill. Their cradle, in which they had been abandoned, was on the shore overturned under a fig tree. Faustulus and his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the children. Romulus was the first King of Rome.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470867[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT</u></b> (306-337)2.2 gr 18 mm Commemorative series. Follis. Kyzikos.</p><p>Obv: VRBS ROMA.</p><p>Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma left.</p><p>Rev: SMKE.</p><p>She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above.</p><p>RIC 91.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]x-Jxw26dnEc[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>The abduction and Rape of the Sabines:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470870[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>L Titurius L f Sabinus </u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>- Rape of the Sabine Women Denarius</p><p>89 BC. Rome mint. Obv: bare head of King Tatius right, bearded, SABIN behind, palm-branch before. Rev: two Roman soldiers running, each bearing a Sabine woman in his arms; L TITVRI in exergue. Craw. 344/1b; Syd. 698; RSC Tituria 2; Sear 249. 3.76 grams.</p><p>Near very fine.</p><p>Ex: Timeline Auction</p><p><br /></p><p>And the ensuing war between their men and Rome:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470855[/ATTACH]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]o6f593X6rv8[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Grandpappy of Rome, Aeneas carrying his pappy away from Troy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470878[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Julius Caesar</u></b></p><p>Denarius fouree, Africa, 47-46 BCE. AR 2.8 g. 18mm, Diademed head of Venus r. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas running l., carrying his father Anchises on his l. shoulder, holding palladium on his outstretched r. hand. This coin represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompians in Africa culminating in the battle of Thapsus.Cr. 458/1. Syd. 1013.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And for fun, my oldest &quot;Roman coin&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470869[/ATTACH]</p><p>BRONZE AGE. Proto Money. &quot;Aes Rude&quot; Style Bronze Cake shaped Ingot (2000-400 BC). 261 g, 6 cm.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This type of ingots is an intermediate product of prehistoric copper processing in Europe and an early form of currency. It was available both in pure copper and in various mostly natural bronze alloys. The archaeological finds contain both whole cakes in various sizes and pieces.</p><p>Purchased from Numismatik Naumann Feb 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So blow out those candles Rome (ya old warhorse)!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470847[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post up coins of events related to the founding of Rome to help celebrate this special occasion![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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