373, Lot: 319. Estimate $200. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. 89 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.08 g, 3h). Rome mint. Bareheaded, bearded head of King Tatius right; 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 344/2c; Sydenham 699a; Tituria 5. Good VF, toned, underlying luster. Well centered and struck.
From the Byron Schieber Collection. Ex Goodman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 43, 24 September 1997), lot 1657.