Rape of the Sabines

Triton XX, Lot: 512. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; SABIN downwards to left, TA monogram to right / Two soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms; L • TITVRI in exergue. Crawford 344/1a; Sydenham 698; Tituria 1; Kestner 3001-3; BMCRR Rome 2322-3; RBW –. EF, toned, small die break on obverse, reverse struck with slightly worn die, hint of porosity on reverse.

From the Kallman Collection. Ex António Simões Collection (Freeman & Sear MBS 15 (27 June 2008), lot 268.