382, Lot: 391. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. Laureate head right / Trophy of arms; to left, Britannia seated left in attitude of mourning; to right, bound British captive seated right. RIC II 102; RSC 306. VF, toned, cleaning scratches.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1883.

This denarius commemorates Agricola’s victory in Britain at the river Tay, for which Titus was proclaimed imperator for the fifteenth time. Beginning in AD 77, Gnaeus Iulius Agricola, legate of Britannia, began expanding Roman control over the rest of the island. He pushed northward into Scotland and defeated the Caledonians at Mons Graupius in AD 83.