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ROMVLVS (Marcus Aurelius), eldest son of Maxentius and of the daughter of Galerius Maximianus, born, as it appears, in A.D. 306. Of this youth, who is said to have been very handsome, nothing more is known for a certainty than that he was declared Caesar by his father when he had completed only his first year, and Augustus a short time after----that he twice proceeded as the colleague of Maxentius in the consulship, whilst as yet a mere boy, as his countenance on the coins shows, and that dying in A.D. 309, his father placed him in the rank of the gods----all the medals which are extant of him being struck in memory of his consecration.----Mionnet has given (in his work, De la rarete des Medailles Romaines) a highly finished engraving from a unique gold medallion, in the most perfect state of preservation; on the obverse of this with his bust clothed in the toga, the young prince is styled DIVO ROMVLO NVBIS CONS. On the reverse is a temple round in form and having on its domed top an eagle with wings spread: the legend surrounding it is AETERNAE MEMORIAE, and in the exergue POST. or other letters.----The great French numismatist values this superb coin at 1,200 francs, but professes, with Eckhel, his entire ignorance of the meaning of the words NVBIS. CONS. (see p. 578), which have given rise to so many conjectures amongst the older schools of medalists.----There is a fine silver coin of Romulus, cited by Beauvais, as unique.----The second and third brass are not very rare.----One brass medallion, of great rarity, represents him on one side, and Maxentius, his father, on the other.----See NVBISCONS.

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