344, Lot: 439. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.59 g, 3h). Rome mint. Bareheaded, bearded head of King Tatius right; palm frond below chin / Abduction of the Sabine women: two Roman soldiers, each bearing a woman in his arms. Crawford 344/1b; Sydenham 698a; Tituria 2. VF, toned.

From the Elwood Rafn Collection.