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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7953393, member: 75143"]The famous She-Wolf and twins Romulus and Remus have been such endearing cultural and artistic icons that they've lasted thousands of years, and to the present day they are still immediately identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The She-Wolf nursed the twins, and Romulus went on to found Rome. If Remus founded the city, would it have been called <i>Reme</i>?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, you see the artistic type in bronze statuary:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378291[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fig 1: Capitoline Wolf. Wolf possibly Etruscan, twins and base alter Renaissance additions.</p><p><br /></p><p>In marble, both relief and freestanding:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378290[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fig 2: Marble relief of twins suckling.</p><p><br /></p><p>And mosaic, among other media:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378289[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fig 3: The world's happiest wolf.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In coinage, the she-wolf and twins type existed virtually unchanged for centuries, being found on imperial Roman issues, provincial Roman issues, and even post-Roman issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is fair to say that the wolf and twins is possibly the single most common reverse type across ancient and post-ancient coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the longest time, all I had were the extraordinarily common VRBS ROMA commemorative issues.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378292[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just picked up this rather massive 32mm Antioch issue of Severus Alexander. The surfaces leave something to be desired, but I've been wanting a big wolf for a while now.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378293[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I always found it interesting how the wolf variously switches stance from left facing to right facing, with no clear reasoning why.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do notice that the VRBS ROMA coin has the portrait and wolf both left-facing, and the SA has the portrait and wolf both right-facing...I'm sure that's a coincidence though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd love to see your wolf and twins coins, especially big provincial ones![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7953393, member: 75143"]The famous She-Wolf and twins Romulus and Remus have been such endearing cultural and artistic icons that they've lasted thousands of years, and to the present day they are still immediately identifiable. The She-Wolf nursed the twins, and Romulus went on to found Rome. If Remus founded the city, would it have been called [I]Reme[/I]? Anyways, you see the artistic type in bronze statuary: [ATTACH=full]1378291[/ATTACH] Fig 1: Capitoline Wolf. Wolf possibly Etruscan, twins and base alter Renaissance additions. In marble, both relief and freestanding: [ATTACH=full]1378290[/ATTACH] Fig 2: Marble relief of twins suckling. And mosaic, among other media: [ATTACH=full]1378289[/ATTACH] Fig 3: The world's happiest wolf. In coinage, the she-wolf and twins type existed virtually unchanged for centuries, being found on imperial Roman issues, provincial Roman issues, and even post-Roman issues. I think it is fair to say that the wolf and twins is possibly the single most common reverse type across ancient and post-ancient coinage. For the longest time, all I had were the extraordinarily common VRBS ROMA commemorative issues. [ATTACH=full]1378292[/ATTACH] I just picked up this rather massive 32mm Antioch issue of Severus Alexander. The surfaces leave something to be desired, but I've been wanting a big wolf for a while now. [ATTACH=full]1378293[/ATTACH] I always found it interesting how the wolf variously switches stance from left facing to right facing, with no clear reasoning why. I do notice that the VRBS ROMA coin has the portrait and wolf both left-facing, and the SA has the portrait and wolf both right-facing...I'm sure that's a coincidence though. I'd love to see your wolf and twins coins, especially big provincial ones![/QUOTE]
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