SEXTUS POMPEIUS FOSTLUS AR DENARIUS, 137 B.C.E.
Crawford 235/1c Sydenham 461, Pompeia 1, Near Very Fine, toned, 18.7mm, 3.90 grams
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma to right wearing winged helmet decorated with griffin crest, jug behind, X mark of value before
Reverse: She-wolf standing right, head to left, suckling Romulus and Remus, ficus Ruminalis (tree) behind, with one bird on trunk and two on upper branches, at left, the shepherd Fostlus leaning on staff SEX • PO FOSTLVS around, ROMA in exergue
Lovely old collection toning on thisappealing Rome Republic denarius!
