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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7988251, member: 75937&quot;]Here&#039;s my right-facing Titus. I have no idea as to its rarity. I suspect it&#039;s really common.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/titus-cos-v-eagle-denarius-jpg.1170638/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Titus as Caesar, AD 69-79.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.27 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 76.</p><p>Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: COS V, Eagle standing front on garlanded altar, thunderbolt in claws, wings open, head left.</p><p>Refs: RIC.191a; RIC2.861; BMCRE 191; CBN 166; RSC.59a; RCV 2438.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you asked for a worn white whale. This one is rated R3 by Temeryazev &amp; Makarenko and I figured I&#039;d never see one. What makes it so rare is that the reverse inscription reads AVGVSTI instead of AVG. Yeah, it&#039;s flyspecking. But I like flyspecking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, it&#039;s got a gnarly flan crack, but known specimens are limited to the two in the British Museum collection, a specimen in the ANS collection (ANS 1956.127.574), and one in a private Ukrainian collection (CRE 130). This coin is a double die-match to BMCRE 323 and to the ANS specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avgvsti-temple-denarius-jpg.1380942/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.</p><p>Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 322-323; Cohen –; RSC 253b; Strack –; RCV –;CRE 130.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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