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Domitian, as Caesar (AD 81-96). AV aureus (19mm, 7.17 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 1/5, damaged. Rome, AD 77-78. CAESAR AVG F-DOMITIANVS, laureate head of Domitian right / COS V, she-wolf standing left, head right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus below; boat in exergue. Calicó 820a. RIC II (Vespasian) 960. Wonderfully bright fields for the grade with bold devices despite the areas of damage.
This reverse evokes the Founding of Rome Myth. Romulus and Remus were twins and children of Rhea Silvia, a Vestal Virgin, who was impregnated by Mars while she slept. Her uncle, King Amulius feared they would threaten his reign and ordered their deaths. So in order to protect her babies from him, Silvia placed her children in a basket and placed them in the Tiber river, hoping fate would guide them to safety. With the help of the river god Tiberinus, the baby boys wound up at the future sight of Rome and they were found by the she-wolf. She nursed them and raised them for a time until they were adopted by a shepherd, Faustulus. The image of Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf became an icon of Rome; it was continuously depicted in art throughout the years of the Empire and into modern times.
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Domitian, as Caesar (AD 81-96). AV aureus (19mm, 7.17 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 1/5, damaged. Rome, AD 77-78. CAESAR AVG F-DOMITIANVS, laureate head of Domitian right / COS V, she-wolf standing left, head right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus below; boat in exergue. Calicó 820a. RIC II (Vespasian) 960. Wonderfully bright fields for the grade with bold devices despite the areas of damage.
This reverse evokes the Founding of Rome Myth. Romulus and Remus were twins and children of Rhea Silvia, a Vestal Virgin, who was impregnated by Mars while she slept. Her uncle, King Amulius feared they would threaten his reign and ordered their deaths. So in order to protect her babies from him, Silvia placed her children in a basket and placed them in the Tiber river, hoping fate would guide them to safety. With the help of the river god Tiberinus, the baby boys wound up at the future sight of Rome and they were found by the she-wolf. She nursed them and raised them for a time until they were adopted by a shepherd, Faustulus. The image of Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf became an icon of Rome; it was continuously depicted in art throughout the years of the Empire and into modern times.
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HID02906262019
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