Roman Republican Coins
Lot 3994 SESSION 13 (9.30am Friday) Roman Republican Coins
Estimate $120
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L. TITURIUS L.F. Sabinus, (89 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.848 grams), obv. bare head of king Tatius to right, SABIN behind palm before, rev. Tarpeia facing, buried to her waist in shields, with raised hands, trying to thrust off two soldiers casting their shields at her, star in crescent above, [L.T]ITVRI in exergue, (S.252, Cr.344/2b, Syd.699, RSC Tituria 4). Weak in places, slightly off-centred reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Tarpeia, a virgin of the period of Romulus's war with Tatius and the Sabines was supposed to have sacrificed her country for her love of gold. She opened the gate, the price of her treason being the bracelets of gold on the Sabine arms. The enemy soldiers were disgusted with her treachery and buried her in a pile of their own shields.
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