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21 February 2021
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Faustulus finds Romulus and Remus

Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  320 CHF
Lot 420

Sex. Pompeius Fostlus, 137 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.99 g, 9 h), Rome. Helmeted head of Roma to right; behind, jug; below chin, X. Rev. SEX · PO FOSTLVS / ROMA She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling Romulus and Remus; behind, the shepherd Faustulus standing to right; in background, birds in a fig tree. Babelon (Pompeia) 1. Crawford 235/1c. Sydenham 461a. Flan a little tight, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 184, 23 November 1994, 559.

It was the childless shepherd, Faustulus, shown on the reverse of this coin holding his staff, who discovered the twins, Romulus and Remus, along the banks of the Tiber while they were being suckled by the she-wolf Lupa. He and his wife, Acca Laurentia, then raised the boys in their home as if they were their own. Years later, after Romulus had killed his brother in a fit of rage, he founded the city of Rome on the old family homestead.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 18:30:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 13:00:22 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:320 CHF by bidder816 (7 bids)
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