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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 1515842, member: 21445&quot;]My #2 on my want list that I can now scratch off. Featuring the &quot;Rape of the Sabines&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A interesting event in roman history where roman soldiers carried off unmarried women to claim as their own.</p><p><br /></p><p>More can be read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/2li8u8m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus. (89 B.C.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: Bare head of King Tatius right, SABIN downward behind, TA in monogram before;</p><p>R: Two Roman soldiers running left, each bearing a Sabine woman in his arms, L·TITVRI in ex.</p><p>Rome</p><p>19mm</p><p>3.87g</p><p>Crawford 344/1a,RSC I Tituria 2, Sydenham 698a, SRCV I 249</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse refers to the <b>rape of the Sabines</b>. This moneyer traced his descent form the Sabines and perhaps from KingTatius himself. -- Roman Silver Coins edited by David R. Sear and Robert Loosley[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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