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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3319782, member: 82616&quot;]Many months ago when I first laid eyes on this coin in Vcoins I fell in love and placed it as the number one coin on my personal want list. One thing or another delayed the purchase, plus, the seller is in Europe and I didn&#039;t want the hassle of an overseas shipment during the holidays. In the meantime, I crossed my fingers and hoped no one else noticed it sitting in the seller&#039;s store. Luckily, no one did!</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin arrived speedily from Europe last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880144[/ATTACH]<b>Titus</b></p><p>Æ Sestertius, 22.74g</p><p>Rome mint, 80-81 AD</p><p>RIC 155 (C). BMC 171.</p><p>Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: PAX AVGVST; S C in field; Pax stg. l., with branch and cornucopiae</p><p>Acquired from Marti Numismatics, January 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pax was a fairly common reverse type struck for Titus. This particular Pax with branch and cornucopiae is a carry-over from Vespasian&#039;s coinage. Apparently, the propaganda value of peace was quite limitless. Admittedly, the piece is quite worn but despite the wear it features one of the most magnificent coin portraits of Titus I have come across in either silver or bronze. Truly the work of a master engraver! There is one peculiar thing I have noticed about Titus&#039; bronze coinage, the left facing portraits tend to be in a finer style than the right facing ones. Perhaps a talented engraver at the mint preferred his portraits facing left?</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your worn beauties![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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