Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134Auction date: 21 November 2023
Lot number: 3686

Price realized: 200 AUD   (Approx. 131 USD / 120 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Titurius L.F. Sabinus, (89 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.64 g), obv. bare head of King Tatius to right, SABIN behind, TA monogram before, rev. two Roman soldiers each carrying a woman in his arms, L.TITVRI in exergue, (S.249, Cr.344/1a, Syd.698a, B.Tituria 1). Toned, area of flat striking, good very fine.

Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. Previously Max Stern 1983.

Estimate: 200 AUD

Match 1:
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134Auction date: 21 November 2023
Lot number: 3688

Price realized: 190 AUD   (Approx. 125 USD / 114 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Titurius L.F. Sabinus, (89 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.91 g), obv. bare head of king Tatius to right, SABIN behind, 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.TITVRI in exergue, (S.252, Cr.344/2b, Syd.699, RSC Tituria 4). Toned, very fine and scarce.

Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection.

Estimate: 150 AUD

Match 2:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 178

Price realized: 32 CHF   (Approx. 35 USD / 33 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus, 89 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17.93 mm, 4.02 g), Rome. Bearded head of King Titus Tatius to right; behind, [SA]BIN; in right field, TA in monogram. Rev. The abduction of the Sabine women: two Roman soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arm; in exergue; [L]•TITVRI. Crawford 344/1a. Sydenham 698. Babelon (Tituria), 497, 1. BMCRR Rome 2322. RBW Coll. -. Toned. Struck with some areas of weakness and slightly off-center, otherwise, Very Fine.

From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 20 CHF

Match 3:
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134Auction date: 21 November 2023
Lot number: 3669

Price realized: 130 AUD   (Approx. 85 USD / 78 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Lucius Caesius, (112-111 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (2.60 g), obv. youthful bust of Vejovis to left, viewed from behind, hurling thunderbolt, [ROMA] monogram behind, rev. the two Lares seated right, dog between them, monograms [LA] to left [RE] to right, [L CAESI] in the exergue, head of Vulcan and tongs above, Vulcan head above, (S.175, B.Caesia 1, Cr.298/1, Syd.564). Toned, porous field, otherwise very fine and very scarce.

Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. Previously Noble Numismatics Sale 57, lot 1041.

Estimate: 120 AUD

Match 4:
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134Auction date: 21 November 2023
Lot number: 3659

Price realized: 200 AUD   (Approx. 131 USD / 120 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


M. Furius L.F. Philus, (c.119 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.87 g), obv. laureate head of Janus, around M.FOVRI.L.F, rev. Roma standing left erecting trophy, ROM[A] to right, PHIL monogram in exergue, (S.156, Cr.281/1, Syd.529, RSC Furia 18). Toned, good very fine and scarce.

Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection.

Estimate: 200 AUD

Match 5:
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134Auction date: 21 November 2023
Lot number: 3687

Price realized: 380 AUD   (Approx. 249 USD / 228 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


L. Titurius L.f.Sabinus, (89 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.91 g), Rome Mint, obv. king Tatius head right, SABIN behind, rev. Tarpeia, facing, buried in shields, trying to thrust off two soldiers casting their shields on her, star in crescent above, L.TITVRI in exergue, (S.252, Cr.344/2b, Syd. 699, RSC Tituria 4). Lightly toned, good very fine or better.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 45B, lot 1742. The Richard A. Williams Collection.

Estimate: 250 AUD