The first new coin I wish to share this week isn't going to break any records for beauty or rarity, but it has a decent portrait and good eye appeal. Titus as Caesar [Vespasian] Æ As, 10.35g Rome mint, 73 AD Obv: T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l. Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVST; S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod RIC 621 (R). BMC -. BNC 681. Acquired from CGB.fr, July 2021. Aequitas holding her scales and measuring rod was probably based on a cult image of the deity. She first shows up as an imperial virtue on the coinage under Galba. Not a very common type for Titus Caesar. Of note, missing from the BM collection. Not much more to say about it, just a workmanlike middle bronze of Titus Caesar from the early years of Vespasian's reign. Feel free to share your own Aequitas coins.
That's a nice as, @David Atherton. It has a lovely patina. Here's an AEQVITAS reverse. T-Bone, of course. Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.54 g, 20.7 mm, 5 h. Antioch, second series, AD 251-252. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right; • below. Rev: AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; • in exergue. Refs: RIC 80; Cohen 6; RCV 9623; Hunter 52; ERIC II 30 var. (different officina marks).
My one Aequitas as portrayed on a Nerva As issue. I mostly bought this coin because it featured a strong beak on Nerva.
Nice pickup David. Here’s my favorite Aequitas: Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 3.12 g). Antioch mint. 1st issue. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. Bland Study 61; RIC IV 240a var. From the Richard McAlee Collection.
@David Atherton......Good looking coin with nice colouring! Here's a Trajan Aequitas... Trajan ar Denarius 98-117AD 20mm/2.66gr (Minted 103-111AD) Obverse-IMPTRAIANO AVG GER DAC PMTRP laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder Reverse-COS VPPS PQR OPTIMO PRINC Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae......RIC II# 118
Wonderful Titus profile @David Atherton, excellent addition. Ar Denarius, Rome 108 AD 17 x 18.5 mm, 2.747 g RIC II Trajan 119; Cohen 86; BMC 288; RCV 3123 Ob.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, to r. Rev.: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC Aequitas seated left, holding scales in r. and cornucopiae in l. hand Some descriptions consider the scepter-like object to be a pertica (measuring rod), which makes sense as a counterpart to the scales as an object for measuring
