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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Themes & Provenance| > |Heros| > |Romulus| > RT84362
Romulus, Son of Maxentius, Died 309 A.D.
|Romulus|, |Romulus,| |Son| |of| |Maxentius,| |Died| |309| |A.D.|,
David Sear identifies this simple round building without columns as the Sepulcher of Divus Romulus. The ruins of this tomb, which are sometimes erroneously called the stables of the Circus of Caracalla, are situated in a large quadrilateral enclosure forming part of the villa of Maxentius on the Appian way, about one mile from the gate of S. Sebastian.
RT84362. Billon half follis, Hunter V 8, RIC VI Ostia 59, Cohen VII 9, SRCV IV 15051, gF, well centered, porous, 3rd officina, Ostia (port of Rome) mint, weight 5.949g, maximum diameter 23.0mm, die axis 180o, late 309 - 310 A.D.; obverse DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS, bare head right; reverse AETERNAE MEMORIAE, Sepulcher of Divus Romulus, brick facade, dome-shaped roof, no columns, right door open, surmounted by eagle with spread wings, MOSTT in exergue; scarce; SOLD










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