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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 25516002, member: 112342&quot;]What an interesting find!</p><p>Six aureii represent about six months&#039; wages for a skilled worker, so this cache was likely that person&#039;s savings. Among these aureii, the butting bull aureus of Titus as Caesar immediately caught my attention, as I own one of the same type. Based on my research, this coin has only two reverse types: one with a slanted bar over the IIII (like mine), and the other with a straight line, another notable difference is the bull&#039;s balls missing on one, but not the other. Although, both types are referenced under the same RIC 780 and Calicó 731.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of those types below:</p><p>1. From my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1633996[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2. (Reverse die match to mine) A coin from the Boscoreale Hoard sold by H.D. Rauch Auction 102, Lot 55. 7-10 Nov 2016.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1633998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The coin from the excavation: it seems to be a die match (straight-line over IIII), even down to the die cracks above the bull&#039;s hump to the coin below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1633999[/ATTACH]</p><p>4. (Reverse die match to the coin above) A coin from The New York Sale, Auction 48, Lot 217 (Jan, 2020).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1633997[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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