Titus aureus - she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus
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Object number
AR3293
| Coined by: |
Titus (Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus) |
| Rule: |
79 - 81 A.D.
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| Value: |
Aureus
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| Material: |
Gold
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| Details: |
Diameter: 19 mm, weight: 6.82 g. Rome mint, 77-78 A.D. (struck under Vespasian) |
| Obverse: |
T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN Laureate head right |
| Reverse: |
Roma sitting on pile of shields, resting on spear, birds in flight on either side. At her feet right she-wolf standing, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. The reverse is copying a 200 years older Republican denarius (anonymous, 115 - 115 BC, Crawford 287/1, Sydenham 530). |
| Condition |
Very fine / almost very fine
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| References: |
RIC 954; Cohen 64; Calico 738;
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 at a German auction house, ex German private collection F. Reusing, Nr. 174. Acquired at Numismata 2019 from an Austrian numismatic dealer.
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| Authenticity: |
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