Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 75.Electronic Auction 490 Merani Collection – Roman Imperial, Gold Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 75. T CΛESΛR IMP VESPΛSIΛN, laureate head right / PONTIF TR P COS IIII, Victory, draped, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond upright in left, standing left on ‘cista mystica’, on either side of which is a snake, coiling up on its tail, facing inwardly. RIC II.1 785 (Vespasian); Calicó 750; BMCRE 173-4 (Vespasian); BN 151-2 (Vespasian); Biaggi 369; Mazzini 163 and 163*; NAC 119, lot 31 (same dies). Good Fine. |