RIC VI, ROMA [after 257], ROMULUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

OBVERSE	DIVOROMVLONVBISCONS [DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS; bust r., bare, in consular robe, l. holding mappa.
REVERSE	AETERNAE-MEMORIAE [AETERNAE MEMORIAE]; eagle with wings spread stg. r. on domed shrine without columns with doors ajar. REP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this issue. Listed in Drost (p. 322, no. 172). Should be listed in RIC after ROMA 257.

NOTES

Weight 4.20 g; diameter 22.5 mm. From the Calama Hoard [Thanks to the collaboration of Genio popvli romani]. Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18235455); weight 6.95 g; diameter 24 mm; shown in Drost (plate 41, no. 172/1) [click for picture]; - from Drost (plate 41, no. 172/2); weight 6.01 g [click for picture].