| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61373 | Auction date: 5 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), with P. Petronius Turpilianus, as Moneyer. AR denarius (20mm, 3.72 gm, 2h). NGC VF 4/5 - 2/5, brushed. Rome, ca. 19/18 BC. CAESAR-AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right / III VIR-TV-RPILIANVS, Tarpeia raising hands, partially buried by shields. RIC I 299. Fantastic ice and sunset hues. 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. It may be this later version of the story, which paints Tarpeia is a heroine, represented on this denarius of Augustus. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-augustus-27-bc-ad-14-with-p-petronius-turpilianus-as-moneyer-ar-denarius-20mm-372-gm-2h-ngc-vf-4/a/61373-22028.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61373-05052024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
