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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1510044, member: 39084&quot;]Thanks for the compliment - indeed, thanks to everyone who has responded.&nbsp; It has taken years to get to this point and I still have a substantial number of bronzes to acquire before I complete the theme of this collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Continuing in the &quot;Emperors with scruffy beards and animals on the reverse&quot; is another Titus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]195017.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>TITUS 69 - 79 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.39 g.) Rome mint 73 A.D.</p><p>T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN Laureate head r. Rev. COS V Cow standing right</p><p>RIC Vespasian 857</p><p><br /></p><p>I especially like the cow (bull?) on the reverse -- this was a theme since the time of Augustus, apparently -- and I find it amusing and a bit quirky.&nbsp; Overall, the crispness of the strike on both the obverse and reverse made this coin very attractive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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