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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2206524, member: 57495&quot;]This iconic type from the founding mythology of Rome appears on Republican, Imperial and Provincial coinage over the course of 600 years.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>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.&nbsp; I&#039;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.&nbsp; 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!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Let&#039;s see your favorite wolf and twins coins!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430551[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS </b></p><p>AE As</p><p>9.31g, 27mm</p><p>Rome mint, AD 140-143</p><p>RIC 734a</p><p>O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, laureate head right. </p><p>R: IMPERATOR II, She-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; boat in exergue, between S C.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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