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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2049780, member: 39084&quot;]Titus was a very interesting emperor.&nbsp; During his reign the Colosseum was completed, he ended the Jewish rebellion, and he provided extensive aid after the eruption of Vesuvius (A.D. 79) and a fire in Rome (A.D. 80).&nbsp; Soon after becoming Emperor he put an end to the despised practice of trial based on treason charges, which were used basically to terrorize and execute one&#039;s enemies </p><p><br /></p><p>He died prematurely of a fever in A.D. 81 at the age of 41.</p><p><br /></p><p>While not classified as one of the &quot;good emperors&quot; he was widely regarded as such by Suetonius as well as other contemporary historians.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the three coins I acquired in all of 2014, two of them were Titus needed to complete my &quot;mint set&quot; of his coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376249[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>TITUS</p><p>AE Dupondius (14.71 g.)&nbsp; Rome 74 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 761</p><p>T CAESAR IMP PONT&nbsp; Laureate head right.&nbsp; Rev. TR POT COS III CENSOR Winged caduceus between two cornucopiae in saltire</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376250[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>TITUS Caesar 69 - 79 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius 26.19 g. Rome 74 A.D.&nbsp; RIC Vespasian 739</p><p>T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS III CENS Laureate head r. Rev. S – C Spes advancing l., holding flower in r. and raising skirt with left</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376251[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>TITUS 69 - 79 A.D.</p><p>AR Denarius (3.31 g.), Rome 80 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 115</p><p>IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM Laureate head of Titus right. Rev. TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P&nbsp; Elephant, wearing cuirass, advancing left.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376252[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>TITUS 69 - 79 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.39 g.) Rome mint 73 A.D.&nbsp; RIC Vespasian 857</p><p>T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN Laureate head r. Rev. COS V Cow standing r.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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