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Source Description
Obverse: Head of Sabine king Titus Tatius, right; beaded border. Reverse: Two cloaked soldiers, facing inward, each carrying a Sabine woman; beaded border. The iconography of this coin is an elaborate pun on the issuer’s name (Titurius Sabinus).
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Document identity
localId
1053
label
Denarius of Lucius Titurius Sabinus
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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1053
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Denarius of Lucius Titurius Sabinus
description
Obverse: Head of Sabine king Titus Tatius, right; beaded border. Reverse: Two cloaked soldiers, facing inward, each carrying a Sabine woman; beaded border. The iconography of this coin is an elaborate pun on the issuer’s name (Titurius Sabinus).
provenance
Mrs. Sidney C. Doolittle, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1974, by gift.
date
89 BCE (Roman Republican)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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coins
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 3/4 in. (1.86 cm); axis: 9:00
Source extras
cul
Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription
Latin; obverse] SABIN(us) [Translation] Sabinus [Inscription
Latin; reverse] L(ucius) TITVRI(us) [Translation] Lucius Titurius
med
silver; struck
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1690cdaef457beac