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Auction: 19004 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction
Lot: 163

Republican AR Denarii (4), M. Baebius Q. f. Tampilus, 137 BC, 3.94g, head of Roma rev. Apollo in quadriga right (Craw 236/1a; RSC Baebia 12; Syd 489); another, M. Sergius Silus, 116-115 BC, 3.95g, head of Roma, ex s c before, rev. horseman galloping left, holding sword and head of barbarian (Craw 286/1; RSC Sergia 1; Syd 534); also, C. Claudius Pulcher, 110-109, 3.91g, head of Roma, rev. Victory in biga right (Craw 300/1; RSC Claudia 1; Syd 569); lastly, L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus, 89 BC, 3.92g, head of Tatius right, sabin behind, ta before, rev. 'Rape of the Sabine women', two soldiers each bearing a women in his arms, l. titvri in exergue (Craw 344/1a; RSC Tituria 1; Syd 698), generally very fine, some pleasingly so (4)

provenance
i) Purchased Spink, 2 August 1972- £16

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Sold for
£420