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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3493753, member: 99456"]...and speaking of founding, according to legend the <a href="https://www.ancient.eu/Romulus_and_Remus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient.eu/Romulus_and_Remus/" rel="nofollow">founding of Rome</a> was April 21, 753 BC. Today, April 21, 2019, is the 2772<font face="Arial">nd </font>Anniversary of the founding of Rome (ab urbe condita or AUC).</p><p><img src="https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/220000/velka/the-roman-forum.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a coin to celebrate - with the irony that it was issued as Constantine moved the center of the empire to Constantinople ~330 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]925069[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commemorative Series Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334</p><p>Æ Follis</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; palm between two stars above[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3493753, member: 99456"]...and speaking of founding, according to legend the [URL='https://www.ancient.eu/Romulus_and_Remus/']founding of Rome[/URL] was April 21, 753 BC. Today, April 21, 2019, is the 2772[FONT=Arial]nd [/FONT]Anniversary of the founding of Rome (ab urbe condita or AUC). [IMG]https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/220000/velka/the-roman-forum.jpg[/IMG] Here's a coin to celebrate - with the irony that it was issued as Constantine moved the center of the empire to Constantinople ~330 AD. [ATTACH=full]925069[/ATTACH] Commemorative Series Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334 Æ Follis [B]Obv: [/B]Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left [B]Rev:[/B] She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; palm between two stars above[/QUOTE]
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