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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4390267, member: 110350&quot;]In reverse chronological order:</p><p><br /></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]1104902[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104903[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The next one hasn&#039;t arrived yet, so I suppose I&#039;m tempting fate by posting the seller&#039;s photo, but I&#039;m going to take a chance, because it&#039;s not coming from overseas,* and because it was specifically issued for the 1000th anniversary of the founding date:</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>)&nbsp; (<i>Purchased from Marc Breitsprecher</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104904[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s some controversy about whether this last one relates to Romulus and Remus because it doesn&#039;t actually show them, but I&#039;ll post it anyway:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-numeral [[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.). 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the controversy: according to Crawford (see Vol. I, No. 388, at pp. 403-404), &quot;the she-wolf of the Capitol, apparently portrayed here, . . . . has no original connection with the wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus . . . , but was perhaps adopted as a symbol of Rome after the defeat of those rebel Italians who likened Rome to a predatory wolf . . . ; if this is right, the type is perhaps anti-Italian in intention.&quot; (Citations omitted.) <i>Contra</i> RSC I at p. 86, stating that this type does, in fact, &quot;refer[] to the founding of Rome. Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no personal opinion on who&#039;s right!</p><p><br /></p><p>* Anyway, I just got an email saying that the package has &quot;arrived at our NEW YORK NY DISTRIBUTION CENTER destination facility on April 21, 2020 at 11:03 am.&quot; So I&#039;m not too concerned that it won&#039;t make it the rest of the way! (Knock on wood.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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