My latest arrival is a denarius of Titus as Caesar I thought I had already added to my collection many years ago when Harry Sneh was sending me Flavian goodies on a regular basis. As it happened, after checking my records I was missing it. Titus as Caesar AR Denarius Rome Mint, 73 AD RIC V556 (C), BMC V116, RSC 169 Obv: T CAES IMP VESP CENS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r. Rev: PONTIF TRI POT; Titus std. r. on curule chair, with sceptre and branch A reverse type which copies the famous 'Tribute Penny' reverse of Tiberius, but instead of a female figure we see Titus seated. The type was correspondingly struck for Vespasian which resulted in many rare mules. This denarius actually has the correct legends for Titus Caesar. Unusually for Rome it has a twelve o'clock die axis. Oddly enough, I had already acquired the rare mules accidentally struck for Titus Caesar from this issue but had failed to add the more common correct one. I think it's a decent example.
Like your Titus Caesar denarius @vespasian70 ! Kinda resembles his dad! They both always looked like offensive linemen in the NFL to me! Here is my Titus... @Mat helped me with this one... Roman Imperial Titus AR Denarius
Very Nice example David !! I need to add a few more of Titus but they seem to be a bit scarcer than Father and brother and usually just over my remaining budget when I run across them...
You're correct about Titus's coins being scarcer than either Vespasian's or Domitian's output. Titus as Caesar did not have as many coins correspondingly struck for him as Vespasian, plus, after becoming emperor he only ruled for a couple of years - versus Vespasian's ten and Domitian's fifteen years. Worn examples of common types can be found for around $100, give or take $20. The OP coin falls into that category.
