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50 Lei Roman She-Wolf
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#220 |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts the bronze sculptural group known as the Capitoline Wolf — the she-wolf nursing the twin infants Romulus and Remus — as rendered in the monument installed in Chișinău, shown atop a decorated pedestal. A circular border legend in Romanian reads '• LUPOAICA ROMANĂ CU ROMULUS ȘI REMUS • CHIȘINĂU •', encircling the design along the rim. Below the central motif, a multi-line inscription commemorates the centenary of the monument's installation and includes a quotation attributed to Mihai Eminescu: 'DA. DE LA ROMA VENIM / DIN DACIA TRAIANĂ', preceded by '100 DE ANI / DE LA INSTALAREA / MONUMENTULUI' and followed by 'M. EMINESCU'. |
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| Reverse lettering | • LUPOAICA ROMANĂ CU ROMULUS ȘI REMUS • CHIȘINĂU • 100 DE ANI DE LA INSTALAREA MONUMENTULUI DA. DE LA ROMA VENIM DIN DACIA TRAIANĂ M. EMINESCU |
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Moldova has no historical connection to Rome, but the She-Wolf nursing Romulus and Remus carries a specific regional argument here: Romanian-speaking Moldovans have long invoked Latin descent as a marker of cultural identity distinct from Slavic neighbors, a claim sharpened considerably after 1991. This coin enters a decades-old political conversation about who, precisely, the Moldovans are.