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Roman Republic, Sextus Pompeius Fostlus, c. 137 B.C.
This family was of plebeian origin and apparently claimed descent from Faustulus, the royal shepherd of Amulius. Faustulus found the infants Romulus and Remus, being suckled by the she-wolf (Lupa) at the foot of the Palatine Hill. Their cradle, in which they had been abandoned in the Tiber, was overturned under a fig tree. Faustulus and his wife, Acca Larentia, raised them. Lupa (she-wolf) was an ancient Latin slang term for prostitute. In some versions of the myth, Larentia was a prostitute.SH63079. Silver denarius, Crawford 235/1c, Sydenham 461, RSC I Pompeia 1a, BMCRR I Rome 927, Russo RBW 972, SRCV I 112, VF, toned, Rome mint, weight 3.766g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 225o, c. 137 B.C.; obverse head of Roma left in winged helmet, crest with griffin head, peaked visor in three pieces, wearing earring with two beaded drops and necklace, X below chin, jug behind; reverse she-wolf standing right suckling Romulus and Remus, fig tree with bird on trunk and two on branches in center background, to left the shepherd Faustulus standing right, FOSTLVS downward on left, SEX PO upward on right ROMA in exergue; SOLD
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