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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1869698, member: 19463&quot;]Perhaps we should include the dolphin coin of all dolphin coins???&nbsp; There are many nicer than this and millions not so great ones.</p><p>Olbia AE dolphin 5th century BC </p><p>[ATTACH=full]315488[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I approve of the Titus and do not like considering it just another Titus with a generic reverse.&nbsp; I agree $400 is high but IMHO that is a factor of the edge problems more than the type.&nbsp; It is part of the series appealing to the gods to cool it with Vesuvius and was one of the last coins before Titus died leaving the type to Domitian.&nbsp; Mine is one of the first Domitian coins and was issued before he assumed TRP.&nbsp; The same coins exist for him with TRP as Augustus.&nbsp; CNG sold one even earlier with PONT instead of PM but also lacking TRP.&nbsp; It seems the mint was changing dies to keep up with the transfer of power being done in steps.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]315489[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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