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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Roman Republic| ▸ |211-100 B.C.||View Options:  |  |  | 

Roman Republic 211 - 100 B.C.
Roman Republic, Sextus Pompeius Fostlus, c. 137 B.C.

|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Sextus| |Pompeius| |Fostlus,| |c.| |137| |B.C.||denarius|
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.
SL113483. Silver denarius, Crawford 235/1c, Sydenham 461, RSC I Pompeia 1a, BMCRR I Rome 927, Russo RBW 972, SRCV I 112, NGC Ch AU, strike 4/5, surface 5/5 (3598601-008), weight 3.87 g, maximum diameter 19 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 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; from a Virginia Collector, ex Eastern Numismatics Inc. (Garden City, NY, 01 Oct 2012, $1350); NGC| Lookup; SOLD


Roman Republic, Anonymous, 209 - 208 B.C.

|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Anonymous,| |209| |-| |208| |B.C.||denarius|
The Roman denarius was introduced in 211 B.C., initially weighing about 4.5 grams. The word denarius is derived from the Latin deni "containing ten," as its value was 10 asses, although in the middle of the 2nd century B.C. it was revalued to 16 asses or four sestertii. The denarius was the most common Roman coin for centuries but was slowly debased in weight and silver content until its replacement by the double denarius, called the antoninianus, early in the 3rd century A.D.
RR72151. Silver denarius, SRCV I 40, RSC I 20t, Crawford 76/1a, Sydenham 201 (scarce), BMCRR Italy II 112, VF, superb Greek style, well struck, toned, light marks and corrosion, weight 4.101 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 45o, Sicilian mint, 209 - 208 B.C.; obverse head of Roma right, in winged crested helmet with griffin head at peak, wearing necklace and drop-pendant earring, branch behind, X (mark of value) below chin, border of dots; reverse Dioscuri galloping right, wearing pilei, cloaks flying behind, and holding spears, two stars above, ROMA in a linear frame in exergue, linear border; very rare; SOLD


Roman Macedonia, "Thasian" Type, c. 148 - 80 B.C.

|Roman| |Military| |Mint|, |Roman| |Macedonia,| |"Thasian"| |Type,| |c.| |148| |-| |80| |B.C.||tetradrachm|
This monogram variation, similar to Prokopov's monogram 24, is apparently unrecognized. Perhaps it is an engraving error for that monogram. All four specimens known to Forum are from both the same obverse and reverse dies.
SH63496. Silver tetradrachm, Lukanc p. 79 & pl. 18, 128 (same dies); CNG eAuction 224, lot 64 (same dies); Prokopov Thasos, monogram 28, -; SNG Cop -; BMC Thrace -, VF, some dings and scratches, toned, weight 16.533 g, maximum diameter 33.9 mm, die axis 0o, Roman provincial or military mint, c. 148 - 80 B.C.; obverse head of Dionysos right, wearing taenia and wreathed in flowering ivy; reverse HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing half left, nude but for Nemean lion's skin on left arm, resting right hand on grounded club before him, left hand on hip, monogram inner left; very rare monogram; SOLD







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