CNG 97, Lot: 586. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. 137 BC. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 4.76 g, 10h). Rome mint. Head of Hercules, wearing lion-skin headdress; capis to left, ••• (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) to right. Crawford 235/3; Sydenham 462a. Near VF, gray-brown surfaces, some red. Rare.
From the RBW Collection, purchased from Richard Schaefer, December 1996.