Description
Collection Number:
WC 659
Object Number:
Dates:
137 BC - 137 BC
Denomination:
Denarius
Dimensions:
19.12mm
Weight:
3.85g
Authority:
Roman Republic
Mint:
Roma
Rome
Languages:
Latin
Obverse Type: X; Helmeted head of Roma, right; behind, mark. Border of dots.
RRC: Helmeted head of Roma, right; behind, jug; before X. Border of dots.
Obverse Legend:
X
Obverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Obverse Mintmarks: Jug
Obverse Inscription Comment:
N/A
Reverse Type: SEX·POM [FOSTLVS]; She-wolf, right, suckling twins; behind, tree (ficus Ruminalis), with one bird perching on trunk and two birds perching on upper branches; on left, Faustulus, identified by inscription. Line border.
RRC: She-wolf, right, suckling twins; behind, ficus Ruminalis, with one bird perching on trunk and two birds perching on upper branches; on left, Faustulus, identified by legend FOSTLVS; on right. SEX ROM; in exergue ROMA. Line border.
Reverse Legend:
SEX PO(M F)[OSTLVS]
Reverse Inscription Languages:
Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
ROMA
Reverse Inscription Comments:
N/A
Bibliography
CRRO: http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-235.1a
Wulfing II p. 9 n. 177, Plate 9
RRC p. 267 n. 235/1a, Plate --
CRR 461