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442 Romulus and Remus
the type is clear, for it recurs on gold and copper (fig. 341) coins of
Antoninus Pius, struck in 149 a.d., with the inscription temporvm
felicitas, 'the Luck of the Times1.' Again, Nero Caesar and
Drusus Caesar, sons of Germanicus by the elder Agrippina2, though
Fig. 342- Fig. 343.
not actually twins—since one was born in 6, the other in 7 A.D.,—
are represented on second brasses, struck under Caligula in 37
(fig. 342)3 and 40 A.D., as a pair of youthful horsemen closely re-
sembling the Dioskouroi (fig. 343)4. Oddly enough both types, the
Fig- 344- Fig. 345. Fig. 346.
comua copiae and the horsemen, were imitated on bronze pieces
issued in Kommagene and Lakanatis c. 72 A.D. by Antiochos iv to
honour his sons Epiphanes and Kallinikos (figs. 344 and 345)5.
1 Rasche Lex. Num. ii. 1001, ix. 901 f., Suppl. ii. 144, Stevenson—Smith—Madden
Diet. Rom. Coins p. 782, Cohen Monn. emp. row.2 ii. 350 nos. 8ri, 812 fig. gold;
813 first brass, 814 second brass, 815 (dated 157 a.d.) first brass. These coins probably
commemorate the birth of a son, t. Aelius Antoninus, in 147 a.d. and that of a second
daughter, Annia Lucilla, c. 148 a.d. to the future emperor Marcus Aurelius and his wife
the younger Faustina [stemma by P. von Rohden in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 2289 f.).
2 Stemma by H. Furneaux op. cit. p. 163.
3 Rasche Lex. Num. iii. 469^, v. 1253 f., Morell. Thes. Num. Imp. Rom. i. 540 f.
pi. 16 b, 1—3, 5 f., Stevenson—Smith—Madden Diet. Rom. Coins pp. 350, 572 fig.,
Cohen Monn. emp. romr i. 234 no. 1 (37 a.d.) fig., nos. 2 f. (40 a.d.). P"ig. 342 is from
a specimen of the earlier date in my collection.
4 From a denarius, of 268 b.c. or later, given to me by Dr Rendel Harris (cp. Babelon
Monn. rip. rom. i. 39 no. 2 fig., G. F. Hill Historical Roman Coins London 1909 pp. 27,
33 f. pi. 9, 13).
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. pp. xlvii f., no f. pi. 15, 5 ( = my fig. 345
BACIAEflC Y I 0 I) and 6 (traces of BACIAeflC YIOI, cp. e. Babelon Bibliotheque
Nationale, Catalogue: Les Rois de Syrie, d'Armenie et de Commagene Paris 1890 p. 223
no. 45), Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 123 pi. 71,5 (BACIAGnC [Y]IO I) and 6 (-my fig. 344
BACIAG flCYIOI), Anson Num. Gr. v. 89 nos. 595 pi. 14, 597 pi. 25.
the type is clear, for it recurs on gold and copper (fig. 341) coins of
Antoninus Pius, struck in 149 a.d., with the inscription temporvm
felicitas, 'the Luck of the Times1.' Again, Nero Caesar and
Drusus Caesar, sons of Germanicus by the elder Agrippina2, though
Fig. 342- Fig. 343.
not actually twins—since one was born in 6, the other in 7 A.D.,—
are represented on second brasses, struck under Caligula in 37
(fig. 342)3 and 40 A.D., as a pair of youthful horsemen closely re-
sembling the Dioskouroi (fig. 343)4. Oddly enough both types, the
Fig- 344- Fig. 345. Fig. 346.
comua copiae and the horsemen, were imitated on bronze pieces
issued in Kommagene and Lakanatis c. 72 A.D. by Antiochos iv to
honour his sons Epiphanes and Kallinikos (figs. 344 and 345)5.
1 Rasche Lex. Num. ii. 1001, ix. 901 f., Suppl. ii. 144, Stevenson—Smith—Madden
Diet. Rom. Coins p. 782, Cohen Monn. emp. row.2 ii. 350 nos. 8ri, 812 fig. gold;
813 first brass, 814 second brass, 815 (dated 157 a.d.) first brass. These coins probably
commemorate the birth of a son, t. Aelius Antoninus, in 147 a.d. and that of a second
daughter, Annia Lucilla, c. 148 a.d. to the future emperor Marcus Aurelius and his wife
the younger Faustina [stemma by P. von Rohden in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 2289 f.).
2 Stemma by H. Furneaux op. cit. p. 163.
3 Rasche Lex. Num. iii. 469^, v. 1253 f., Morell. Thes. Num. Imp. Rom. i. 540 f.
pi. 16 b, 1—3, 5 f., Stevenson—Smith—Madden Diet. Rom. Coins pp. 350, 572 fig.,
Cohen Monn. emp. romr i. 234 no. 1 (37 a.d.) fig., nos. 2 f. (40 a.d.). P"ig. 342 is from
a specimen of the earlier date in my collection.
4 From a denarius, of 268 b.c. or later, given to me by Dr Rendel Harris (cp. Babelon
Monn. rip. rom. i. 39 no. 2 fig., G. F. Hill Historical Roman Coins London 1909 pp. 27,
33 f. pi. 9, 13).
5 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. pp. xlvii f., no f. pi. 15, 5 ( = my fig. 345
BACIAEflC Y I 0 I) and 6 (traces of BACIAeflC YIOI, cp. e. Babelon Bibliotheque
Nationale, Catalogue: Les Rois de Syrie, d'Armenie et de Commagene Paris 1890 p. 223
no. 45), Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 123 pi. 71,5 (BACIAGnC [Y]IO I) and 6 (-my fig. 344
BACIAG flCYIOI), Anson Num. Gr. v. 89 nos. 595 pi. 14, 597 pi. 25.