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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2201589, member: 82616&quot;]Congrats on the excellent Titus AJ! A superb coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favourite Titus&#039; is this left facing portrait of the type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]428966[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, 80 AD</p><p>RIC 116 (C), BMC 47, RSC 304</p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P; Elephant, stg. l.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many Flavian reverse types are a bit ambiguous with their symbolism, this elephant type is not one of those. &quot;In that, loyal and suppliant, the elephant adores thee which here but now was so fearful a foe to a bull, this it does unbidden, at the teaching of no master ; believe me, it too feels the presence of our God!&quot; - Martial, On The Spectacles, XVII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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