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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 7467044, member: 74968&quot;]A great addition David! It is always a great feeling to check one off the list, especially when one has been searching for so long.</p><p><br /></p><p>Count me as one who has muddled those terms. In the sense you mean I believe the following qualifies as both.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a grail coin, this is certainly one that many have looked for. One does not have to be a collector of Flavian coins to want one of these. At the same time...it is also certainly a white whale for me. I actually never thought I would own one of these though I have been searching for one for a number of years. There is one of these reverses for Vespasian as well though that one is not as rare as this Titus. As for the reverse, the meaning seems to have been lost to antiquity. As for the agrarian series of denarii, this is the rarest member of that group.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293379[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Titus, as Caesar (AD 79-81). AR denarius. Rome. 77-78 CE </p><p>(19mm, 3.09 gm, 7h). </p><p>Obv: laureate head of Titus right; T CAESAR VESPASIANVS</p><p>Rev: Goatherder seated left on rocks, milking goat over vessel; IMP XIII, </p><p>RIC 985 (Vespasian); BMC 230;RSC 103</p><p>Ex: Heritage Auctions <a href="https://coins.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=232103&amp;ic=breadcrumb-coins-121913-interior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=232103&amp;ic=breadcrumb-coins-121913-interior" rel="nofollow">2021 January 20-21 Wednesday &amp; Thursday World &amp; Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction #232103</a> / Lot #63167[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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