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Item: i8747

Certified Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Roman Republic - Silver Denarius 17mm (3.3 grams)
L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus moneyer Struck at the mint of Rome 89 B.C.
Reference Tituria 4 ---
Head of Tatius right, SABIN behind, palm before. ---
Tarpeia, facing, buried to her waist in shields, with raised hands she tries to thrust off two soldiers who are about to cast their shields at her, L . TITURI in exergue. ---

Tarpeia, a virgin of the period of Romulus's war with Tatius and the Sabines, was supposed to have sacrificed her country for her love of gold. She opened the gate, the price of her treason being the bracelets of gold which the Sabines wore around their rms. However, the enemy solders were so disgusted at her treachery that instead of giving her their gold bracelets they buried her in a pile of their shields that they threw at her.

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In Roman mythology, Tarpeia was a Roman maiden who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines in exchange for what she thought would be a reward of jewelery. She was instead crushed to death and her body cast from the Tarpeian Rock which now bears her name.

The legend tells that while Rome was besieged by the Sabine king Titus Tatius, Tarpeia, daughter of the commander of the citadel, Spurius Tarpeius, approached the Sabine camp and offered them entry to the city in exchange for "what they bore on their left arms". Greedy for gold, she had meant their bracelets, but instead the Sabines threw their shields—carried on the left arm—upon her and she was crushed to death beneath the weight.^[2] Her body was then hurled from the Tarpeian Rock, which became known as the place of execution for Rome's most notorious traitors. The Sabines were however unable to conquer the Forum, its gates miraculously protected by boiling jets of water created by Janus.^[2]

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