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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 25323617, member: 100951&quot;]I got a denarius from the same moneyer, but a different reverse type:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/n8zfghXTr2IkL6eoOHAA_x0Zz5rR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ROMAN REPUBLIC L. Titurius Sabinus Moneyer, 85 BC AR Denarius. 3.89g, 18.2mm MINTED: Rome mint, 89 BC REF: Crawford 344/2b; Sydenham 699 OBVERSE: SABIN, bare head of King Tatius right; palm to lower right. REVERSE: Tarpeia, facing, buried in shields, raising both hands in protest; to left and right, two soldiers about to cast shields at her; star in crescent above; L.TITVRI in exergue. </p><p><br /></p><p>Grade/Notes: Good Very Fine. Well-struck, centered and complete. </p><p><br /></p><p>Historical Notes: The reverse type shows the killing of Tarpeia, the Vestal Virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines, who were attempting to break into the city to rescue their womenfolk, who had been abducted by the Romans. When she greedily asked as payment what the soldiers wore on their arms, meaning their jewellery, the Sabine men instead took off their shields and threw them on her, crushing her to death. Her body was then tossed off the steep cliff of the Capitoline Hill, which henceforth became known as the Tarpeian Rock, a place where the Romans would execute traitors, perjurors and murderers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Minotaur Coins[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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