387, Lot: 365. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. 137 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.85 g, 10h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; capis to left, X (mark of value) below chin / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus; to left, shepherd Faustulus standing right; in background, birds on fig tree. Crawford 235/1a; Sydenham 461; Pompeia 1. VF, a few light marks.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.