(Oct 18, 2016)
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| Obverse | Bare head of King Tatius right, SABIN downward behind | | Reverse | Tarpeia buried to her waist in shields, with raised hands she tries to repel two soldiers who are about to cast shields upon her, star in crescent moon above, L·TITVRI in exergue | | However, it seems unnecessary | presumably all official coinage was made from metal owned by the Roman state, and its significance here is not readily apparent | 18mm
A most unusual feature of the obverse is the addition of the letters A PV (argentum publicum), meaning that the issue was struck by metal owned by the Roman state
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