Constantine I The Great 330AD Ancient Roman Coin Romulus & Remus Wolf i28939

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Constantine I ‘The Great’- Roman Emperor: 307-337 A.D. –

ROME CITY COMMEMORATIVE
Bronze AE3 17mm (2.68 grams) Thessalonica mint: 330-335 A.D.
Reference: RIC 229 (VII, Thessalonica)
VRBS ROMA, helmeted, mantled bust of Roma left.
She-wolf standing left suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above,
Θ on she wolf’s back,
SMTSЄ in exergue.

* Numismatic Note: Interesting to note the use of the Greek letter
Θ, theta for the first letter of Thessalonica in
Greek occurring only on the coins from this mint.

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Authenticity.

Romulus and Remus are Rome’s twin

founders

in its traditional

foundation myth

. They are descendants of the Trojan prince and refugee

Aeneas
, and are

fathered by the god

Mars

or the demi-god Hercules

on a royal

Vestal Virgin

,

Rhea

Silvia
, whose uncle exposes them to die in the wild. They are found by a

she-wolf who suckles and cares for them. The twins are eventually restored to

their regal birthright, acquire many followers and decide to found a new city.

Romulus

wishes to build the new city on the Palatine Hill; Remus prefers the Aventine

Hill.

They agree to determine the site through augury. Romulus appears to receive the

more favourable signs but each claims the results in his favour. In the disputes

that follow, Remus is killed.

Ovid has Romulus

invent the festival of

Lemuria

to appease Remus’ resentful ghost.

Romulus names the new city

Rome, after

himself, and goes on to create the

Roman Legions

and the

Roman

Senate
. He adds citizens to his new city by abducting the women of the

neighboring Sabine

tribes, which results in the combination of Sabines and Romans as one Roman

people. Rome rapidly expands to become a dominant force, due to divine favour

and the inspired administrative, military and political leadership of Romulus.

In later life Romulus becomes increasingly autocratic, disappears in mysterious

circumstances and is deified as the god

Quirinus
,

the divine persona of the Roman people.

The legend of Romulus and Remus encapsulates Rome’s ideas of itself, its

origins, moral values and purpose: it has also been described as one of the most

problematic of all foundation myths. Romulus’ name is thought to be a

back-formation

from the name Rome; Remus’ is a matter for ancient and modern

speculation. The main sources for the legend approach it as history and offer an

implausibly exact chronology: Roman historians dated the city’s foundation

variously from 758 to 728 BC. Plutarch says Romulus was fifty-three at his

death; which reckoning gives the twins’ birth year as c. 771 BC. Possible

historical bases for the broad mythological narrative remain unclear and much

disputed.

Romulus and Remus are eminent among the

feral children of ancient mythography

.

Caesar Flavius Valerius

Aurelius Constantinus Augustus (27 February c. 272

– 22 May 337), commonly known in

English

as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among

Eastern Orthodox

, Coptic Orthodox,

Oriental Orthodox

and

Byzantine Catholic

Christians) Saint Constantine, was

Roman

emperor

from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until

his death in 337. Best known for being the first

Christian

Roman emperor, Constantine reversed the

persecutions

of his predecessor,

Diocletian

,

and issued (with his co-emperor

Licinius

)

the Edict of Milan

in 313, which proclaimed

religious toleration

throughout the empire.

The

Byzantine

liturgical calendar, observed by the

Eastern Orthodox Church

and

Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite

, lists both Constantine and his

mother

Helena

as saints. Although he is not included in the

Latin

Church’s

list of saints, which does recognize several other Constantines as

saints, he is revered under the title “The Great” for his contributions to

Christianity

.

Constantine also transformed the ancient Greek colony of

Byzantium

into a new imperial residence,

Constantinople

, which would remain the capital of the

Byzantine Empire

for over one thousand years.

One of the great Roman emperors, Constantine rose to power when his

father Constantius Chlorus died in the year 306 while campaigning against

Scottish tribes. He later went on to defeat the rival emperor Maxentius in the

decisive battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. He is credited for several great

landmarks in history and is probably best memorialized by the city that bore his

name for hundreds of years: Constantinople. Although now renamed Istanbul, this

city was to be the seat of power for all Byzantine emperors for the next 1100

years. Constantine is also remembered as the first Roman emperor who embraced

Christianity and instituted the buildings and papal dynasty that eventually grew

into what is today the Vatican and the Pope.

The latter part of his life saw his commitment to the church rise in step

with the increasing repression against old-school paganism. He left behind

several sons who would, after his death, turn on each other and generally undo

much of the stability that Constantine had fought so hard to bring about.


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