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The Shepherd Faustulus

309, Lot: 201. Estimate $100.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. 137 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; capis behind, X (mark of value) below chin / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling twins (Romulus and Remus); on left, shepherd (Faustulus) standing right; birds on fig tree behind. Crawford 235/1a; Sydenham 461; Pompeia 1. VF, toned, a couple of edge splits.


From the RVP Collection.

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.