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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7754680, member: 82616&quot;]The first new coin I wish to share this week isn&#039;t going to break any records for beauty or rarity, but it has a decent portrait and good eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328361[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus as Caesar</b> <b>[Vespasian]</b></p><p>Æ As, 10.35g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD</p><p>Obv: T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: AEQVITAS AVGVST; S C in field; Aequitas stg. l., with scales and rod</p><p>RIC 621 (R). BMC -. BNC 681.</p><p>Acquired from CGB.fr, July 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>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. Not a very common type for Titus Caesar. Of note, missing from the BM collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not much more to say about it, just a workmanlike middle bronze of Titus Caesar from the early years of Vespasian&#039;s reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your own Aequitas coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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