|
Titus. AD 79-81. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.77 g, 6h). Ephesus mint (or Rome for circulation in Asia). Struck AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, enclosing figures of Juno, Jupiter seated, and Minerva. RIC II.1 515; RPC II 860; RSC –. Toned. Near VF. Very Rare.
From the Stein A. Evensen Collection. Ex Sierra Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 88, 14 September 2011), lot 1298; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 125 (26 October 2005), lot 222.
The Capitoline Temple of Jupiter was damaged in the great fire of AD 80. Titus advertises here his beginning of its reconstruction. The construction was completed during the reign of Domitian, who continued this coin type.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 115 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 16-17 September 2020. This lot is in Session 2, which begins 16 September 2020 at 2 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers The CNG bidding platform supports Mozilla Firefox (version 60+) and Chrome (version 67+).
|
