Object numberCC59.2.0640
denarius, Roman Republic, 137 BCE
Date137 BCE
CultureRoman
MediumSilver
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 1.92 cm, 3.87 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on viewPeriodRoman Republic
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A border of dots surrounds the helmeted head of Roma, looking right. Behind, there is a jug, and before, there is an X (mark for the denarius) inscribed.
There is a line border around a she-wolf suckling twins, facing right, and behind, is the ficus Ruminalis, with one bird perched on the trunk and two others on the upper branches of the tree. Faustulus is on the left, as is the inscription, FOSTLUS. SEX
FAUSTULUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS, ROMA
FOSTLUS SEX POM ROMA
Faustulus (represented on the reverse of the coin), Sextus Pompeius, Rome
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