Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1278. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (4.46 g, 10h). Rome mint. SABIN behind, bare-headed, bearded head of King Titus Tatius right; palm-branch below chin / L. TITVRI in exergue, Tarpeia facing, buried to her waist in shields, with raised hands she tries to thrust off two soldiers who are about to cast their shields at her; star in crescent above. Crawford 344/2b; Sydenham 699; Kestner 3008; BMCRR Rome 2328-2329; Tituria 5. EF, toned. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.