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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 19366852, member: 82616"]Yes, I needed this variety, but the stunning portrait really won me over.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1539115[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]</b></p><p>Æ As, 11.12g</p><p>Rome mint, 76 AD</p><p>Obv: T CAESAR IMP COS V; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVST; S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod</p><p>RIC 911 (R). BMC p. 171 *. BNC 763.</p><p>Acquired from Jongeling Numismatics, January 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian inherited a financial mess upon his accession in 69. His top priority was putting the state on a sound financial footing. Symbolic of that righting of the empire was the common reverse type of Aequitas. 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 - a virtue that Vespasian was eager to emulate. This rare Aequitas was struck for both Vespasian and Titus Caesar in 76. Vespasian and Titus often shared the same reverse types, a move that no doubt marked Titus as Vespasian's heir to the throne. Missing from the BM.</p><p><br /></p><p>And in hand.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[MEDIA=youtube]-WSyorgBPSw[/MEDIA]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Thank you for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 19366852, member: 82616"]Yes, I needed this variety, but the stunning portrait really won me over. [ATTACH=full]1539115[/ATTACH] [B]Titus as Caesar [Vespasian][/B] Æ As, 11.12g Rome mint, 76 AD Obv: T CAESAR IMP COS V; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r. Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVST; S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod RIC 911 (R). BMC p. 171 *. BNC 763. Acquired from Jongeling Numismatics, January 2023. Vespasian inherited a financial mess upon his accession in 69. His top priority was putting the state on a sound financial footing. Symbolic of that righting of the empire was the common reverse type of Aequitas. 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 - a virtue that Vespasian was eager to emulate. This rare Aequitas was struck for both Vespasian and Titus Caesar in 76. Vespasian and Titus often shared the same reverse types, a move that no doubt marked Titus as Vespasian's heir to the throne. Missing from the BM. [B][/B] And in hand. [B] [MEDIA=youtube]-WSyorgBPSw[/MEDIA] [/B] Thank you for looking![/QUOTE]
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