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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7790212, member: 82616&quot;]I was really thrilled to have recently acquired one of these rare orichalcum(!) quadrans struck under Titus at an unknown mint in the East.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337236[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>Æ Quadrans, 3.29g</p><p>Eastern Mint (Thrace?), 80-81 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP T CAES DIVI VES F AVG; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA; Julia std. l., with patera and sceptre</p><p>RIC 506 (R2). BMC -. BNC -. RPC p. 137.</p><p>Acquired from Praefectus Coins, July 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>An unidentified Eastern mint struck coins for Titus sometime between 80-81. The style, fabric, and unique obverse legends (DIVI VES F in this case) all suggest a mint other than Rome. Attributing exactly where these coins were struck has historically been a moving target - Mattingly in BMCRE thought Lugdunum, H.A. Cahn believed somewhere in Bithynia. More recent scholarship has looked towards Thrace as a possible location for production based on the Balkan distribution pattern of found specimens. Although the region of mintage has been narrowed down, the city itself remains elusive. RPC has suggested possibly Perinthus. Presumably a shortage of bronze coins in the region during Titus&#039; reign prompted a localised imperial issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>This extremely rare orichalcum quadrans featuring Titus&#039;s teenage daughter Julia Titi on the reverse is unique to this mint. It is also the only time both father and daughter appeared jointly on an imperial coin. Julia was granted the title Augusta sometime in 80 or 81 which may have prompted her presence on the coinage. Missing from both the BM and Paris collections and only referenced in RPC (p. 137) as possibly from Rome with no specimen in the plates. Attractive dark patina with golden highlights.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Augusta coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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