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Wolves on Ancient Coins

The she-wolf was the symbol of Rome from ancient times. The famous "lupa capitolina" suckled the legendary Romulus and Remus.

Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.

|Julius| |Caesar|, |Julius| |Caesar,| |Imperator| |and| |Dictator,| |October| |49| |-| |15| |March| |44| |B.C.||denarius|
The numeral on the obverse indicates Caesar's age when this coin was minted, a unique occurrence in Roman numismatics.
SH48922. Silver denarius, Crawford 452/2, Sydenham 1009, BMCRR 3955, RSC I 18, Sear CRI 11, SRCV I 1400, gVF, minor roughness, crack, weight 3.680 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 0o, Greek mint, 48 B.C.; obverse female head right, wearing oak wreath, necklace, jewel before ear, and cruciform earring, hair in jeweled knot behind with falling locks, LII (52) behind; reverse CAESAR at base of draped trophy of Gallic arms (shield decorated with fulmen (thunderbolt), horned helmet and carnyx), axe topped by wolf head right; rainbow toned, struck by a military mint moving with Caesar, probably in Illyria; SOLD


Amisos, Pontos, 85 - 65 B.C.

|Pontos|, |Amisos,| |Pontos,| |85| |-| |65| |B.C.||AE| |21|
Amisos, the mythical home of the Amazons, was settled c. 760 - 750 B.C. by people from Miletus, who established a flourishing trade relationship with the ancient peoples of Anatolia. Amisos came under the rule of the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great's Macedonian Empire, and then the Kingdom of Pontus. The Romans took control in 47 B.C. and Amisos remained within the Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in 1200, to be later taken over by the Ilhanlilar. Amisos today is Samsun, a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey.
SH73961. Bronze AE 21, SNG Cop 165; SNGvA 66; SNG BM 1218; SNG Stancomb 704; Rec Gen p. 56, 38; HGC 7 244; Laffaille -, VF, green patina, earthen encrustations, weight 7.574 g, maximum diameter 20.8 mm, die axis 0o, Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, Mithridatic War issue, 85 - 65 B.C.; obverse head of Amazon right, wearing wolf scalp headdress; reverse Nike walking right, extending wreath in right hand, palm frond over shoulder in left, AMI-ΣOY horizontal divided across field; scarce; SOLD


Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, 77 B.C.

|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |P.| |Satrienus,| |77| |B.C.||denarius|
The she-wolf, symbolic of Rome and depicted on this coin, is not directly connected to the she wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus. It was perhaps adopted as a symbol of Rome after the defeat of the rebel Italians who likened Rome to a predatory wolf. -- Roman Republican Coinage by Michael H. Crawford
RR81808. Silver denarius, RSC I Satriena 1, Sydenham 781a, Crawford 388/1b, SRCV I 319, EF, weight 3.824 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 77 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of young Mars right, V (control number) behind; reverse she-wolf prowling right, ROMA above, P SATRIE/NVS in exergue; SOLD


Argos, Argolis, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 330 - 270 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Argos,| |Argolis,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |330| |-| |270| |B.C.||triobol| |or| |hemidrachm|
Argos is located in the eastern Peloponnese, very near the Aegean Sea. Inhabitants worshiped Hera. Sparta was a close neighbor to the south but the city was a nominal ally of Athens in the continuous conflict between Athens and Sparta in 5th century B.C.
GS95949. Silver triobol or hemidrachm, BCD Peloponnesos I (LHS 96) 1092 (same dies); BMC Peloponnesus p. 141, 57; HGC 5 668 (S) corr., SNG Cop -, Choice VF, old cabinet toning, light marks, weight 2.704 g, maximum diameter 14.9 mm, die axis 90o, Argos mint, c. 330 - 270 B.C.; obverse forepart of wolf at bay left; reverse large A, club below, A - P flanking above, all within an incuse square; from the Errett Bishop Collection; scarce; SOLD


Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Mule Mint Error

|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.,| |Mule| |Mint| |Error||quadrans|
Woytek lists only one specimen of this type FORVM RB13602. This is the second specimen we have handled and only the second specimen known to us. The type appears to be a mule. The she-wolf reverse is proper to the Trajan bust obverse (BMCRE III 1061), while the Hercules obverse is proper to the boar reverse (BMCRE III 1062).
RB94979. Copper quadrans, Woytek p. 488, 604A (FORVM RB13602 is the only specimen listed); BMCRE III -; RIC II -; SRCV II -; Cohen II -, gF, thick earthen patina, weight 2.834 g, maximum diameter 15.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 112 - 117 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, diademed bust of Hercules right, lion's skin knotted below chin; reverse she-wolf walking left, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; from the Ray Nouri Collection; extremely rare; SOLD


Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, 77 B.C.

|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |P.| |Satrienus,| |77| |B.C.||denarius|
The she-wolf, symbolic of Rome and depicted on this coin, is not directly connected to the she wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus. It was perhaps adopted as a symbol of Rome after the defeat of the rebel Italians who likened Rome to a predatory wolf. -- Roman Republican Coinage by Michael H. Crawford
RR66101. Silver denarius, BMCRR Rome 3208ff. (this control number not listed), RSC I Satriena 1, Sydenham 781a, Crawford 388/1b, SRCV I 319, VF, weight 3.917 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 270o, Rome mint, 77 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of young Mars right, ⊥XXXVIII (control number) behind; reverse she-wolf prowling right, right foreleg raised, ROMA above, P SATRIE/NVS in exergue; SOLD


Roman Republic, Sextus Pompeius Fostlus, c. 137 B.C.

|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Sextus| |Pompeius| |Fostlus,| |c.| |137| |B.C.||denarius|
This family was of plebeian origin and apparently claimed descent from Faustulus, the royal shepherd of Amulius. Faustulus found the infants Romulus and Remus, being suckled by the she-wolf (Lupa) at the foot of the Palatine Hill. Their cradle, in which they had been abandoned in the Tiber, was overturned under a fig tree. Faustulus and his wife, Acca Larentia, raised them. Lupa (she-wolf) was an ancient Latin slang term for prostitute. In some versions of the myth, Larentia was a prostitute.
RR58579. Silver denarius, Crawford 235/1c, Sydenham 461, RSC I Pompeia 1a, BMCRR I Rome 927, Russo RBW 972, SRCV I 112, gVF, weight 3.711 g, maximum diameter 19.1 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, c. 137 B.C.; obverse head of Roma left in winged helmet, crest with griffin head, peaked visor in three pieces, wearing earring with two beaded drops and necklace, X below chin, jug behind; reverse she-wolf standing right suckling Romulus and Remus, fig tree with bird on trunk and two on branches in center background, to left the shepherd Faustulus standing right, FOSTLVS downward on left, SEX PO upward on right ROMA in exergue; ex Sayles and Lavender; SOLD


Rhegion, Bruttium, Italy, c. 215 - 150 B.C.

|Italy|, |Rhegion,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |215| |-| |150| |B.C.||trias|
During the Hellenic Era, the polis of Rhegion reached great artistic and cultural heights; it was home to art, philosophy and science academies, such as the Pythagorean School, and also to well-known poets, historians and sculptors such Ibycus, Ippy and Pythagoras of Rhegium.
GB66016. Bronze trias, SNG Cop 1986, SNG ANS 793, HN Italy 2562, Grose 1946, VF, edge flaw, overstruck as is typical for the type, weight 7.633 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 135o, Rhegion mint, c. 215 - 150 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, long hair, palm frond behind, linear border; reverse PHΓI/NΩN, wolf about to spring right, III in right field, linear border; ex Olympus Coins Austin, TX; SOLD


Argos, Argolis, Peloponnesos, Greece, c. 465 - 430 B.C.

|Peloponnesos|, |Argos,| |Argolis,| |Peloponnesos,| |Greece,| |c.| |465| |-| |430| |B.C.||triobol|
Argos is located in the eastern Peloponnese, very near the Aegean Sea. Inhabitants worshiped Hera. Sparta was a close neighbor to the south but the city was a nominal ally of Athens in the continuous conflict between Athens and Sparta in 5th century B.C.
GS51922. Silver triobol, BCD Peloponnesos 1144, SNG Cop 40, BMC Peloponnesus p. 141, 64, gVF, weight 2.277 g, maximum diameter 15.6 mm, die axis 270o, Argos mint, c. 465 - 430 B.C.; obverse forepart of wolf right; reverse Z-EY, large A in a shallow rectangular incuse, eagle standing right on hetha below; SOLD


Roman Republic, Anonymous, c. 115 - 114 B.C.

|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Anonymous,| |c.| |115| |-| |114| |B.C.||denarius|
Unusual anonymous issue at such a late date. This interesting reverse was reused by Titus on an aureus almost 200 years later.
RR93953. Silver denarius, Crawford 287/1, Sydenham 530, RSC I 176, Russo RBW 1117, SRCV I 164, VF, elegant style, light toning, luster in recesses, light marks, weight 3.827 g, maximum diameter 19.9 mm, die axis 345o, Rome mint, c. 115 - 114 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA below; reverse Roma seated right on pile of shields and helmet, holding (resting on) spear in left hand, she-wolf suckling twins at feet on right, two birds flying above in field; SOLD




  




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