14C110
ROMAN REPUBLIC, ANONYMOUS
AR Didrachm (6.83gm) Rome, c. 269-266 B.C.

Head of young Heracles right, wearing taenia, club on shoulder / She-wolf right, suckling twins. Cr. 20/1.

Rare. The reverse type portrays the mythical founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. As infants they were thrown into the Tiber, but they survived and were nursed by a she-wolf.

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