{"product_id":"136811-anonymous-didrachm-269-266-bc-silver-ef-40-45-crawford-20-1","title":"Anonymous, Didrachm, 269-266 BC, Silver, EF(40-45), Crawford:20\/1","description":"\u003cp id=\"head\"\u003eHead of Hercules, right, hair bound with ribbon; club and lionskin over shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"reverse\"\u003eShe-wolf standing right, head turned towards two suckling children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"comment\"\u003eA rare didrachm with a patina of blue and gold highlights. It was minted in the Romano-Campanian region.\n\nHercules is depicted on the obverse with his main attributes, the lion skin, which he obtained after killing the Lion of Nemea (the first of the twelve labors he had to perform) and the club, which he carved himself from the trunk of a wild olive tree. His presence on coins is explained by his widespread cult, and by the fact that he is the most famous hero of Greco-Roman mythology. It can also be explained by the fact that he is the patron deity of the Gens Fabia, one of whose members, Caius Fabius Pictor, was consul in 269 BC. \n\nThe she-wolf and the two children on the reverse correspond to the founding myth of Rome. The two boys are twins, Remus and Romulus, sons of the vestal Rhea Silvia and the god Mars. Thrown into the Tiber on the orders of their great-uncle, who had just usurped the throne of Alba Longa, they are taken in by a she-wolf who nurses them. The twins were of great importance as Rome was finally founded in 753 BC, after the death of Remus, killed by his brother Romulus, who gave his name to the city. Our coin therefore depicts one of the famous passages in the life of Rome's founder. The iconography on the reverse may also be inspired by a statue on the Palatine, carved around 295 BC, depicting a she-wolf and suckling twins.\n\nOur coin precedes the appearance of Roman denarii and is influenced by the founding myths of the city of Rome. Very interesting! \nHN Italy 287; HGC 1, 230; Crawford 20\/1 and Sydenham 6. \nFaune d'Argent Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"reverseCaption\"\u003eROMANO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"weight\"\u003e7.03 gr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cdma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55860766933324,"sku":"136811","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/1655\/7029\/files\/136811A_8ecaa1da-ca85-47c1-9214-bd33aee59a37.jpg?v=1762429860","url":"https:\/\/www.numiscorner.com\/products\/136811-anonymous-didrachm-269-266-bc-silver-ef-40-45-crawford-20-1","provider":"Numiscorner.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}