Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 849. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (4.03 gm, 6h). Rome mint. SABIN behind, bare-headed and bearded head of King Tatius right; A. P " before, palm-branch below chin / L. TITVRI in exergue, two soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman. Crawford 344/1c var. (obverse legend); Sydenham 698b var. (same); Kestner 3006 var. (same); BMCRR Rome 2324 var. (same); Tituria 3 var. (same). EF, toned. ($300)

From the Claude Collection. Ex Leu 17 (3-4 Mai 1977), lot 371.

The die engraver used an " rather than a V in the obverse legend on this rare example. The rape of the Sabine women by Roman soldiers is remembered with this reverse type.