386, Lot: 486. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba. 106 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Jugate and laureate heads of Dei Penates left / Two male figures standing facing one another, each holding a spear and pointing at sow which lies between; F above. Crawford 312/1; Sydenham 572; Sulpicia 1. VF.

The Dei Penates Publici were the household gods of Aeneas, taken with him to Italy after the fall of Troy. They were housed in a shrine at Lavinium, which was very likely the birthplace of the gens Sulpicia.