This iconic type from the founding mythology of Rome appears on Republican, Imperial and Provincial coinage over the course of 600 years. We see them on an anonymous Republican didrachm around 275 BC, extensive Flavian issues in gold and silver, and of course, the well-known commemorative series of the Constantinian dynasty in the 4th century. My new pickup is an Antoninus Pius as, and in the addition to the she-wolf and twins, also features a boat in the exergue between the letters S and C. I've read nothing to suggest what the boat symbolizes, but I would think it either represents the floating cradle that Romulus and Remus were left abandoned in on the banks of the River Tiber, or the boat-shaped island Tiberina, located in the middle of the river near the Capitoline and Palatine Hills. More so on the Flavian coins of this type than on my coin, the shape of the boat actually closely resembles the shape of the island! Let's see your favorite wolf and twins coins! ANTONINUS PIUS AE As 9.31g, 27mm Rome mint, AD 140-143 RIC 734a O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: IMPERATOR II, She-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; boat in exergue, between S C.
Nice bronze! Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. (137 B.C.) AR Denarius O: Helmeted head of Roma right; jug behind. R: The shepard Faustulus discovering the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus; three birds in branches of fig tree behind. Rome 19mm 3.6g Sear 112; Crawford 235/1c; Sydenham 461a; Pompeia 1a.
Wow Z-Bro, great addition ... I love the "boat" in exergue (very cool) => here are a few of my sucklin' twin examples ...
Boat? I thought it was a tapeworm, reflecting the likely contents of Romulus and Remus's diapers due to their unsanitary feeding habits.
i have a commemorative Urbs Roma AE3 330-333 AD "A commemoration of the city of Rome." Obv: VRBS ROMA - Helmeted bust of Roma left, wearing mantle. Rev: no legend - Wolf and twins Romulus and Remus, two stars above. Mintmark dot SMH epsilon Heraclea mint RIC VII, Heraclea 119
Z- nice wolf twins!!! I do love the reverse. I think I need a republican wolf twins. Roman Empire Rome, Italy Constantine I (AD 272-337) AE City of Rome Commemorative 16 mm x 2.00 grams (s. AD 330) Obverse: Plumed helmeted bust of Roma left. Latin Script VRBS ROMA Reverse: Stars of Pollux and Castor above She Wolf with flower on shoulder suckling Romulus and Remus. RBQ in ex. ref: RIC VII Rome 338
Kingdom of the Ostrogoths Rome, Italy (s.493-526 AD) AE Follis (40 Nummi) 23 mm x 10.19 grams Obverse: INVICT-A ROMA Helmeted bust of Roma right. Reverse: She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, XL above Ref: COI 82a, BMC 24 Prov.ex. J.C. Collection 2014 Note: Very Rare. Need reshoot. Looks good though, Edit: Added Reshoot!
Most of us think of small coins with wolf and twins so it was good to see the Pius sestertius. my pair are Provincials and relatively large. Severus Alexander Antioch Pisidia AE 33 Maximinus I Ninica Claudiopolis AE 31 This one is a bit odd in the way the obverse legend on the right was stacked in two rows. MAXI ends the outside arc with MINVS inside The reading is made more clear from a higher grade die match sold by CNG. I bought this as Maximus years ago. It is not. Both Maximinus and Maximus had Julius Verus in their names as shown here and both were Gaius which I can not force out of this mess above the head. Sellers rarely comment on legends when I want them to.
Thanks for the compliments, folks. That Fostlus Republican on my list too. Anoob, that Ostrogothic wolf and twins is very, very cool!
Man I love that OP coin and many of the others posted. Doug, that Claudiopolis is fantastic. Great portrait. TRAJAN AE Quandran OBVERSE: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder REVERSE: She-wolf crouching left, SC in ex. Struck at Rome, 98-103 AD 2.6g, 16mm RIC 694, BMC 1061, S 3246, C 340
that's a beautiful AP coin, and that little "green bean" boat is pretty darn cool...never seen that before. i only have this very rough city commemorative..but the wolf is good.
Here's my favorite wolf&twins: Municipal Coinage of Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom AE half-follis Obv: IMVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right Rev: She-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, XX in ex Mint: Rome (struck 498-526 AD) Ref: BMC 30
