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TITUS, AD 79-81
AR Denarius (18.54mm, 3.34g, 6h)
Struck September-December, AD 79. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head of Titus right
Reverse: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII P P, bound captive kneeling under trophy of arms and armor
References: RIC II 49, RCV 2511 var. (obv. leg.)
A choice specimen, sharply struck with a superb portrait.
"The reverse type refers either to the victory in Judaea or, alternatively, may be associated with the activities in northern Britain of the celebrated governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola, father-in-law of the historian Tacitus."
- David R. Sear (Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. I, p. 465)
Colección : Roman Imperial - the Flavians