227, Lot: 461. Estimate $150. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.63 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Diademed and draped bust right / Venus standing right, leaning against cippus, holding helmet and scepter. RIC II 56 (Titus); RSC 14. Fine, scratches.

The only child of Titus, Julia was born about AD 65 and was granted the title of Augusta during her father's short reign. After Titus' death Julia's husband, her cousin Flavius Sabinus, served as Domitian's colleague in the consulship for 82, but two years later he was executed on the emperor's orders. Thereafter, the widowed Julia, still only nineteen, began living with her uncle Domitian, as his mistress according to the scandal-mongering rumors of the day.