452, Lot: 695. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. 137 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.83 g, 12h). 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 235/1c; Sydenham 461a; Pompeia 1a; Type as RBW 972. Lightly toned with some iridescence, edge split. Near EF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma E-Auction 16 (2014), lot 186.

It is uncommon to find this coin type with the full reverse legend SEX.POM.FOSTVLVS visible. The type was struck from well produced large reverse dies with a wealth of details, but regrettably, the flans were not made to match the dies. [Andrew McCabe]