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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4956211, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a lovely coin, [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]! I see why you felt compelled to acquire it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the city commemoratives of this era! I don&#039;t focus on them the way I do on the Antonine women or the coins of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian, I do acquire them whenever I see a particularly attractive one at a reasonable price. </p><p><br /></p><p>To appreciate the series, as you point out, one does have to know the <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/origins-of-rome-the-myth-of-romulus-and-remus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyhit.com/origins-of-rome-the-myth-of-romulus-and-remus/" rel="nofollow">myth of Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/capitoline_she-wolf_musei_capitolini_mc1181-jpg.1104811/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>You may read a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lupa-romana-coins-post-yours.322723/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lupa-romana-coins-post-yours.322723/">thread I started a couple of years ago</a> about the use of the Lupa Romana as a motif on Roman coins for an overview. As noted above, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] has written several pages about these coins and their counterparts that commemorate the founding of Constantinople:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html</a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html</a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitVR.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitVR.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitVR.html</a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitCONST.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitCONST.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitCONST.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I like the series because these coins were issued by every mint in the empire and they have various reverse types (not just wolf and twins) and various markings in the fields. There are hundreds of varieties. Moreover, the series was frequently imitated and one could devote a lifetime to these unofficial/imitative coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>This officially issued one is from Constantia/Arles and has a branch in the upper field, for example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vrbs-roma-wolf-and-twins-arles-jpg.904224/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine I, AD 307-337.</p><p>Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 2.44 g, 17.4 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Constantina/Arles, AD 331-332.</p><p>Obv: VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma, left, wearing imperial robes.</p><p>Rev: Lupa Romana, left, suckling Romulus and Remus; branch between two stars above; SCONST in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC vii p. 273, 368; RCV 16497; LRBC I 371; Cohen 17.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one, for example, has a GLORIA EXERCITVS with soldiers and standard(s) reverse instead of the wolf and twins motif. This was not an accidental &quot;mule&quot; situation, but an official issue at some mints. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vrbs-roma-gloria-exercitvs-jpg.1021067/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sons of Constantine I.</p><p>Roman billion reduced centenionalis, 1.67 g, 15.5 mm.</p><p>Heraclea, AD 337-340.</p><p>Obv: VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma, left.</p><p>Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers holding one standard between them; SMHЄ in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC viii, p. 431, 28; LRBC I, 941; RCV 16529.</p><p><br /></p><p>Issued alongside the VRBS ROMA commemoratives were the CONSTANTINOPOLI(S) commemoratives. This one, for example, is your coin&#039;s sister from another officina. Yours is RIC Siscia 240 and this one is RIC 241. Your coin and this one were minted in Siscia (modern Sisek in central Croatia) between AD 334-335, but yours was minted in the first officina (A), whereas mine was minted in the second officina (B). The issue with the dots before and after the mint mark came after the issue without the dots.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinopolis-commemorative-siscia-jpg.1190360/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Constantine I, AD 307-337.</p><p>Roman billon centenionalis, 2.22 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Siscia, AD 334-335.</p><p>Obv: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand.</p><p>Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand; •BSIS• in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC vii, p. 456, 241; Cohen 21; LRBC I 751; RVC 16469.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I voted 10, because I think this series is of the highest interest![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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