Don`t ask me how i knew but i have always known about a R and R coin maybe a throw back to the the days of stamp or coin collecting as boys but what i did not know untill now is the vast number of variants there are first two are Constantine 1 but different mints the last one is Severus Alexander whom i can`t find in sears tried various shearches and found nearly every Emp bar him. So what R and R do you have
The Constantinian one has a myriad of variations. Bruck covers them well. Thankfully they reprinted Bruck fairly recently. I have always thought of maybe collecting these variations. The ChiRo one is the most desired, but I do not think rarest. I have been the underbidder on a couple of ChiRos but never won one. I have quite a few variations with dots, palm fronds, etc in between the stars on the reverse.
Romulus and Remus RR Anon AR Denarius 115-114BCE Rome mint 19.52mm 3.82g ROMA X Seated r on shields spear birds she-wolf Romulus Remus Cr 287-1 S 164 RR Anon AE Sextans 217-215 BCE She-Wolf Twins Eagle Syd 95 Cr 39-3 S 609 Scarce RR Sextus Pompeius 137 BCE AR Den She-Wolf Rom Rem S112 Cr 235-1a
I did eventually find S.Alexander once I spelled his name correctly typical me but what i need to ask is what is Bruck is it affordable
https://www.amazon.com/Late-Roman-B...&sr=8-1&swrs=74233BBBE6A6B879B12ED9C5F320DF49 I'm not suggesting you buy it from Amazon if you can find it cheaper. I really like the book because of the way it points out things that help ID worn coins. Even if you don't buy worn coins, the book points out details of design many of us miss. When I first saw it, the book was only in German. For those of us who read English, I highly recommend the translation.
I don’t know much about the varieties of these coins but this is my only one at the moment : city commemorative Æ3 VRBS ROMA , bust of Roma left wearing helmet , Rev; Romulus and Remus suckling from wolf. Wreath between two stars above, mintmark TRS (Trier) c332/333 AD
Doug many thanks one on order 6month`s pocket money gone. Really some nice ones turning up unless my eyes deceive me the last two Bing posted look the same mint mark but two different coins. Two different dies from the same mint ?
There are many dies for this type. It would be unusual to find a match. Mine is 2.4g making it from the same period as two soldiers, two standards coins. Does anyone have one like this but from the later, lighter 2 soldiers, one standard period?
Roma Commemoratives Rome VRBS ROMA commem 330-331 CE Æ reduced centenionalis, 16mm, 2.5g, 12h; Trier mint, CE 330-331 She-wolf RIC VII 529 RI URBS ROMA 223-336 CE Romulus Remus She-wolf S R Alexandria mint AE 15mm 1.5g RIC VIII 8 C2 R RI commem AE Follis Urbs ROMA She-wolf Rom Rem Stars RIC VII Lyons 242 RI Commem Urbs Roma AE Follis Thessalonika 330-333 CE She-Wolf Romulus-Remus stars S 16516R