CNG 111, Lot: 611. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.00 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bareheaded and bearded head of King Tatius right; ligate TA (for Tatius) to right / Two soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms. Crawford 344/1a; Sydenham 698; Tituria 1; RBW –. Good VF, toned, deposits on reverse.

From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, January 2011.