Diámetro 33,64 mm
Eje de acuñación 6 h
Fechas Rome
Grado de rareza R5 - Unique
Metal Orichalcum
Peso 26,49 g
Typos Sestertius
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TITUS as Caesar, AD 69-79
AE Sestertius (33.64mm, 26.49g, 6h)
Struck AD 72. Rome mint
Obverse: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head of Titus right
Reverse: SALVS AVGVSTA, Salus seated left, holding patera in right hand and long vertical scepter in left; S C in exergue
References: RIC II.1 459 (R3, this coin); RCV – ; ERIC II – .
From the Lars Rutten Collection. Formerly in NGC encapsulation 6955918-001, graded F.
Dark brown surfaces with some pitting. Salus was the Roman goddess of health and safety and was regularly invoked on the coinage. This coin is apparently unique, the sole known specimen and illustrated plate coin in the latest RIC edition covering the Flavians.
Colección : Roman Imperial - the Flavians