Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 826. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $504. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Sex. Pompeius Fostlus. 137 BC. AR Denarius (3.88 gm, 10h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; jug behind, X (mark of value) below chin / SEX PMO FOSTLVS, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling twins (Romulus and Remus), shepherd behind, birds on fig tree behind; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 235/1b; Sydenham 461 var. (POM); Kestner 2135; BMCRR Rome 926 var. (POM); Pompeia 1b. Good VF, toned. ($200)

From the Claude Collection.