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ID:     29-0296
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Sex. Pompeius Fostlus
Date Ruled:     BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     137 BC
Diameter:     19 mm
Weight:     4.05 g
Obverse Legend:     X
Obverse Description:     Helmeted head of Roma right; X below chin, jug behind.
Reverse Legend:     SEX.PO F – OST [LVS] / ROMA
Reverse Description:     She-wolf suckling twins; behind, ficus Ruminalis with one bird on trunk and two on upper branches; the shepherd Faustulus leaning on staff to left, SEX.PO F – OST [LVS] above, ROMA in exergue.
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 235/1c
Reference2:     Syd 461a
Reference3:     B. Pompeia 1
Reference4:     FFC 1021
Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Source:     http://arsclassicacoins.com
Grade:     EF, toned.
Notes:     NAC Auction 29 (2005), lot 296.