ROMAN COINS
IMPERIAL COINAGE
TITUS, Caesar under Vespasianus, 69-79. Aureus, 77-78. AV 7.31 g. T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Laureate head r. Rev. COS VI Roma, wearing short tunica and helmet, seated r. on oblong shields, l. foot set on helmet, holding spear with her l. hand, her r. arm resting on her knees; at her feet, she-wolf and the twins; in field l. and r., eagles flying in her direction. BN III, 108, 199. RIC 127, 954. C. 64. Calicó I, 159, 738a. Rare . Good portrait. Light scratches.
Extremely fine Provenance:
Vicomte Ponton d'Amécourt Collection
A.M. Huntington Collection (HSA 22288)
Auction Rollin & Feuardent, Paris April 18-23, 1887, 156
Auction Numismatica Ars Classica AG (NAC), Zurich 71 (2013), 222