Titus AE As (AEQVITAS AVGVST, RIC II.1 215)

TITUS, AD 79-81
AE As (28.1mm, 10.91g, 7h)
Struck AD 80-81. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, laureate head of Titus left
Reverse: AEQVITAS AVGVST, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and rod in left; S C across fields
References: RIC II.1 215; RCV – ; ERIC II 360

Dark patina, excellent centering and strike. Some deposits. A stately portrait of Titus as Augustus. Aequitas was the Roman personification of equality, fairness, and justice, and is often depicted on Imperial coinage holding a balance scale.

Colección : Roman Imperial - the Flavians