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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 4606554, member: 58462&quot;]Great find David, I would love to add one to my collection!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141121[/ATTACH] </p><p>TITUS, as Caesar. 79-81 AD. Æ As 28mm 8.6 gm. Struck 74 AD. O: T CAES IMP PON TR P COS III CENS, laureate head left R: VICTORIA AVGVST, S C across field, Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath and palm. RIC 755 (Vespasian); BMCRE 711A (Vespasian) note var. (head right); cf. Cohen 363. </p><p><br /></p><p>This obverse legend with PON TR P added and CAESAR abbreviated to CAES is only known on one coin paired with this reverse type (BMCRE 711A note), but that coin&#039;s obverse has Titus facing right. The references mentioned are from the only other example I could find online. I believe this is the third known left facing example.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Victoria Avgvst, Avgvsti and Navalis Victory on the prow types probably commemorate Titus&#039; pursuit of the Jews at Tarichæa, and the same circumstance doubtless explains why Titus brought a large number of ships with him when he entered Rome in triumph.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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