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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Animals| ▸ |Wolf||View Options:   | | | The she-wolf was the symbol of Rome from ancient times. The famous "lupa capitolina" suckled the legendary Romulus and Remus. |
Paul of Tarsus gave his first sermon to the Gentiles (Acts 13:13-52) at Antiochia in Pisidia, and visited the city once on each of his missionary journeys, helping to make Antioch a center of early Christianity in Anatolia. Antioch in Pisidia is also known as Antiochia Caesareia and Antiochia in Phrygia. RP110456. Bronze AE 29, Krzyzanowska pl. LIII, XVI/37; SNG Hunterian I 2144; cf. SNGvA 4985; SNG Pfalz 165; BMC Lycia -; SNG Cop -; SNG BnF -, VF, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits porous, legends weak, weight 12.597 g, maximum diameter 28.6 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch in Pisidia (Yalvac, Turkey) mint, Aug 253 - Sep 268 A.D.; obverse IMP GALIHNVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ANTIOSHI COL (sic), she-wolf Lupa Romana right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, head turned back left, tree arching above, S R in exergue;
Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D.
In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, fathered by the god of war, Mars. They were abandoned in the Tiber as infants. Faustulus, a shepherd, found the infants being suckled by the she-wolf (Lupa) at the foot of the Palatine Hill. Their cradle, in which they had been abandoned, was on the shore overturned under a fig tree. Faustulus and his wife, Acca Larentia, raised the children. Romulus was the first King of Rome.RA110742. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1628f, RSC IV 47, SRCV III 10171 var. (cuirassed bust left), RIC V-1 -, Hunter IV -, F, full legends, broad flan, weight 3.165 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 264 - 265 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse AETERNITAS AVG, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus, palm branch right in exergue;
Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.
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, horned helmet and carnyx), axe topped by wolf head right; rainbow toned, struck by a military mint moving with Caesar, probably in Illyria; SOLD
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