Ancient Coins: ROMAN REPUBLICAN and IMPERATORIAL SILVER: Sextus Pompeius Faustulus, 137 BC

AR Denarius, 3.76g. 19 mm. Helmeted head of Roma to right; jug behind.; X in front.  Rev.  FOSTLVS SEX PO; ROMA in exergue.      She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus; the shepherd Faustulus, who found the twins, standing to left; one bird(woodpecker?) on trunk of tree .  CR 235/1c. Syd. 461a.  Toned.

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