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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 6960122, member: 82616&quot;]It isn&#039;t often that new imperial types are discovered, especially in silver. Recently, this unique denarius for Titus as Caesar came up for auction ... I just had to have it!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273580[/ATTACH]</p><p><b> Titus as Caesar [Vespasian] </b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.22g</p><p>Rome Mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIANVS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IMP XIII across field; Modius, standing on three legs, containing five ears of corn upright and two hanging over the sides</p><p>RIC -. BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.</p><p>CNG eAuction 487, 10 March 2021, lot 515.</p><p><br /></p><p>A unique and unpublished new type for Titus Caesar. In RIC II.1, page 129, note 186 reads as follows: &#039;A plated example of this coin with rev IMP XIII (Budapest) suggests the possibility that the parallel issue for Titus might have used this modius reverse type (if such a coin was the prototype for the ancient imitation), though no examples have yet been attested.&#039; Dr. Lucia Carbone, Assistant Curator for Roman Coins, at the American Numismatic Society has confirmed this coin as &#039;the prototype for the silver-plated fourrée in the Budapest museum.... The T preceding CAESAR on the obverse is absolutely clear and there is no doubt about the identification of the obverse.&#039; The small denarius issue from which this coin was struck consists of three reverse types: goatherd, modius, and sow with piglets. Previously, all three types were known for Vespasian, but only the goatherd and sow had been attested for Titus Caesar. In hand there is the faintest trace of the reading IMP XIII on the reverse. We can now confidently add the modius for Titus to complete our picture of the series - a tremendous discovery!</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a unique coin, I&#039;d like to see it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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