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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2567608, member: 82616&quot;]I&#039;m very pleased about my latest Titus denarius for a couple of reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, it&#039;s an exceedingly rare left facing type that is very hard to come by in trade. In nearly 12 years of collecting I&#039;ve never come across this one. The eminent Flavian collector Harry Sneh once lamented to me that this left facing Column reverse along with Titus RIC 2 (Annona) were the only two denarius types of Titus as Augustus he was unable to acquire - just to give an idea of how rare the coin really is, despite the RIC frequency rating of &#039;rare&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, the coin was slabbed and I had the pleasure of freeing it! Unfortunately, it was auctioned by Heritage and I had to dearly fight for it. Luckily I won.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.04g</p><p>Rome Mint, 79 AD</p><p>RIC 47 (R), BMC 28, RSC 291</p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII P P; Rostral column, ornamented at sides with beaks of ships and surmounted by a statue, radiate, naked except for cloak, standing front, holding vertical spear in r. hand and parazonium at side in l.</p><p><br /></p><p>The column reverse is a carry-over type from the last issue of Vespasian. Extremely rare with left facing portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin in its slab &#039;tomb&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554921[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is much better:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554922[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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