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<p>[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 7758975, member: 88526"]A common but popular type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1329838[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">137 BCE Sextus Pompeius</font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Helmeted head of Roma right, X below chin, jug behind</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">FOSTLVS SEX POM</font></p><p><font size="5">ROMA in Ex.</font></p><p><font size="5">She-wolf standing rightsuckling the twins Romulus and Remus, fig tree in background with three birds, the shepherd Faustulus standing right behind</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Rome 137 BC</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">3.78g</font></p><p><font size="5">Sear 112; CRR 461</font></p><p><font size="5">(Ex-Jewelry solder on rim)</font></p><p><font size="5">ex-ANE</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">This moneyer was the husband of Lucilia (sister of the poet C. Lucilius) and father to Cn. Pompeius Sex. f Strabo, and grandfather of Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). He may also have been praetor in 119 BC.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 7758975, member: 88526"]A common but popular type: [ATTACH=full]1329838[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6]137 BCE Sextus Pompeius [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Helmeted head of Roma right, X below chin, jug behind FOSTLVS SEX POM ROMA in Ex. She-wolf standing rightsuckling the twins Romulus and Remus, fig tree in background with three birds, the shepherd Faustulus standing right behind Rome 137 BC 3.78g Sear 112; CRR 461 (Ex-Jewelry solder on rim) ex-ANE This moneyer was the husband of Lucilia (sister of the poet C. Lucilius) and father to Cn. Pompeius Sex. f Strabo, and grandfather of Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). He may also have been praetor in 119 BC.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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