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Lot 124. Sextus Pompeius Fostlus AR Denarius, 137 BC

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Sextus Pompeius Fostlus AR Denarius, 137 BC

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Bidding closed (Sunday, March 19th, 19:41:20 CET)
Current time: Sunday, April 20th, 01:46:11 CEST

Price realised: CHF 230.00 (3 bids)
Approx. EUR 247.10 / USD 281.01 / GBP 211.84

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #55, Lot 124. Estimate: CHF 250.00

Sextus Pompeius Fostlus. AR Denarius (18-19 mm, 3.94 g), Roma (Rome), c. 137 BC.
Obv. Helmeted head of Roma right, X before and jug behind.
Rev. FOSTLVS SEX PO, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling twins (Romulus and Remus); behind, birds on fig tree; to left, shepherd standing right.
Crawford 235/1c.

Reverse struck slightly off-center. Superb extremely fine.

The reverse alludes to the families descent from Faustulus, the shepherd who discovered Remus and Romulus being suckled by the she-wolf on the Palatine Hill and afterwards raised the twins with his wife.




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