| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 325 Price realized: 450 USD (Approx. 414 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.91 g, 9h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; palm frond below chin / 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; Tituria 4; RBW 1301. Deep and iridescent toning. Good VF. Ex Leu Web 24 (3 December 2022), lot 288. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 408 Price realized: 225 USD (Approx. 209 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.04 g, 9h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; ligate TA (for Tatius) to right / Abduction of the Sabine women: two Roman soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms. Crawford 344/1a; Sydenham 698; Tituria 1; RBW –. Attractively toned with some iridescence, minor spots of weakness. Good VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc53091. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 480 Price realized: 325 USD (Approx. 303 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 4.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; palm frond below chin / Abduction of the Sabine women: two Roman soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms. Crawford 344/1b; Sydenham 698a; Tituria 2; RBW –. Iridescent toning. VF. Ex Heritage 231727 (6 July 2017), lot 61071; Áureo [143] (29 October 2002), lot 2164. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 445 Price realized: 275 USD (Approx. 255 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.90 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; ligate TA (for Tatius) to right / Abduction of the Sabine women: two Roman soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms. Crawford 344/1a; Sydenham 698; Tituria 1; RBW –. Deeply toned with some light iridescence, reverse slightly off center, light horn silver. VF. From the D. K. Collection. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551 | Auction date: 29 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 310 Price realized: 600 USD (Approx. 549 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.20 g, 11h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; palm frond below chin / 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; Tituria 4; RBW 1301. Lightly toned, areas of weakness. VF. From the Quietus Collection, purchased 29 March 2018. There are two variant legends concerning Tarpeia, a maiden of Rome's mythical founding years. One story, probably the earliest, holds that she agreed to betray Rome to the Sabines by opening the city gates, in return for which she would receive what the Sabine soldiers wore on their left arms. She meant their heavy golden bracelets, but after the deed, the soldiers "rewarded" her buy crushing her under their shields, which they also "wore" on their left arms. A later version of the story holds that Tarpeia was in fact trying to save Rome by disarming the Sabines and thus died a martyr's death. The legends are probably an attempt to explain the name of the Tarpeian Rock, a promontory on Capitoline Hill from which criminals were thrown to their deaths. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 584 Price realized: 1,300 USD (Approx. 1,191 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 11h). Rome mint. Bearded head right of the Sabine king, Tatius; SABIN downward to left, palm frond to right / 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; L • TITVRI in exergue. Crawford 344/2b; Sydenham 699; Tituria 4; BMCRR Rome 2328; Kestner 3007-10; RBW 1301. Deep iridescent toning. EF. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection [ANS 1001.1.22556] (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 513. There are two variant legends concerning Tarpeia, a maiden of Rome's mythical founding years. One story, probably the earliest, holds that she agreed to betray Rome to the Sabines by opening the city gates, in return for which she would receive what the Sabine soldiers wore on their left arms. She meant their heavy golden bracelets, but after the deed, the soldiers "rewarded" her buy crushing her under their shields, which they also "wore" on their left arms. A later version of the story holds that Tarpeia was in fact trying to save Rome by disarming the Sabines and thus died a martyr's death. The legends are probably an attempt to explain the name of the Tarpeian Rock, a promontory on Capitoline Hill from which criminals were thrown to their deaths. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
