Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2019 ANA - Online Sess. 19-21 Aug 2019
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ROMAN REPUBLIC. Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 137 B.C. NGC Ch VF.
Cr-235/1c; Syd-461a. Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; jug to left, X (mark of value) to lower right; Reverse: Lupa Romana (she-wolf) standing right, head left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus); to left, shepherd Faustulus standing right; in background, birds on fig tree. Struck on a compact flan.
Cr-235/1c; Syd-461a. Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; jug to left, X (mark of value) to lower right; Reverse: Lupa Romana (she-wolf) standing right, head left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus); to left, shepherd Faustulus standing right; in background, birds on fig tree. Struck on a compact flan.
The shepherd Faustulus was the mythical figure who discovered Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf on the Palatine Hill, whereupon he took them in and raised them with his wife.
Estimate: $150.00- $300.00