The Conception of Romulus and Remus

211, Lot: 380. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (27mm, 12.91 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 140. Laureate head right / Mars, holding spear and shield, descending right through the air to the sleeping Rhea Silvia. RIC III 694a. VF, glossy brown patina, minor roughness.

Ex Coin Galleries (10 September 2008), lot 392.

In Roman mythology, Mars and Rhea Silvia were the parents of Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of Rome.