ROMVLO CONDITORI, "Romulus, Founder [of Rome]"
Romulus walking right with trophy over left shoulder and spear in right
Hadrian, 117-138
Struck 138
Sear 2.3538. BMC 710 page 330, plate 61.2. Hill 931, 138 AD, Hadrian's last issue.
Stevenson (Dictionary of Roman Coins) thinks Hadrian, who renovated so much of Rome, may have been comparing himself to the founder of Rome.
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