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<p>[QUOTE="Aethelred, post: 3303035, member: 81808"]I received this coin in the mail from CNG this week. It is a Denarius from the Roman Republic dating to 89 BC. According to Roman mythology early Rome was populated mostly by men, in order to maintain the population Romulus, Rome's founder and first king, lead a plot to kidnap women from the nearby Sabine tribe. The scene on the reverse of this coin, showing a pair of Roman men carrying a pair abducted of Sabine women. This event, which was known as the "Rape of The Sabine Women" was a popular theme in Renaissance art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Sabinus Denarii</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/4350299.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. </b>89 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bareheaded and bearded head of King Tatius right; SABIN downward to left, (TA) monogram to right / Abduction of the Sabine Women: two soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms; L TITVRI in exergue. Crawford 344/1a; Sydenham 698; Tituria 1.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Cortona_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>"Rape of The Sabine Women" by Pietro de Cortona 1629</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aethelred, post: 3303035, member: 81808"]I received this coin in the mail from CNG this week. It is a Denarius from the Roman Republic dating to 89 BC. According to Roman mythology early Rome was populated mostly by men, in order to maintain the population Romulus, Rome's founder and first king, lead a plot to kidnap women from the nearby Sabine tribe. The scene on the reverse of this coin, showing a pair of Roman men carrying a pair abducted of Sabine women. This event, which was known as the "Rape of The Sabine Women" was a popular theme in Renaissance art. Please post your Sabinus Denarii [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/4350299.jpg[/IMG] [B]L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. [/B]89 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bareheaded and bearded head of King Tatius right; SABIN downward to left, (TA) monogram to right / Abduction of the Sabine Women: two soldiers, facing each other, each carrying off a Sabine woman in his arms; L TITVRI in exergue. Crawford 344/1a; Sydenham 698; Tituria 1. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Cortona_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women_01.jpg[/IMG] [I]"Rape of The Sabine Women" by Pietro de Cortona 1629[/I][/QUOTE]
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