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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3344641, member: 99456"]Exceptional detail and wonderful coin. I've wanted to add one of these to my collection for a while - I guess I will need a little friendly arm twisting the next time.</p><p>Congratulations! I like the puzzle of the TA/AT monogram of this Postumius and as I don't have a Postumia 9 to share - I'll post a coin with a monogram that is possibly connected to your coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885734[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><b>Tituria 1 AR Denarius</b></font></p><p>L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus 89 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Tatius right; SABIN behind, TA before</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Two Roman soldiers, each carrying a woman; L. TITVRI in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>The TA on this coin being unambiguous and linked with the obverse portrait of Sabine King Titus Tatius who was joint ruler of Rome for a brief period with Romulus. His daughter Tatia married Romulus' successor, the second king of Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3344641, member: 99456"]Exceptional detail and wonderful coin. I've wanted to add one of these to my collection for a while - I guess I will need a little friendly arm twisting the next time. Congratulations! I like the puzzle of the TA/AT monogram of this Postumius and as I don't have a Postumia 9 to share - I'll post a coin with a monogram that is possibly connected to your coin: [ATTACH=full]885734[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Tituria 1 AR Denarius[/B][/SIZE] L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus 89 BC [B]Obv:[/B] Head of Tatius right; SABIN behind, TA before [B]Rev: [/B]Two Roman soldiers, each carrying a woman; L. TITVRI in exergue The TA on this coin being unambiguous and linked with the obverse portrait of Sabine King Titus Tatius who was joint ruler of Rome for a brief period with Romulus. His daughter Tatia married Romulus' successor, the second king of Rome.[/QUOTE]
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